Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Fingal Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fingal Bay sea temperature is
22.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 3AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Fingal Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)151412111010999889979999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423228403432292725243615411524241414151413121111
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
20
E
15
NW
5
W
0
WSW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
40
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
SW
10
SE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.56
11:40AM
1.61
12:14AM
1.60
12:27PM
1.48
1:03AM
1.61
1:22PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
0.27
5:32AM
0.41
5:57PM
0.32
6:26AM
0.45
6:39PM
0.40
7:28AM
0.49
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:31-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:36-------7:35-------7:34
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------2----------------
Temp. °C242423222226262423222221212424262625242323242424
Feels °C (?)232526232428252526252423232622232324252525272525
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