Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
23.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 5PM is: 0.1m 16s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Afternoon (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1817161616161414111177788888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25235555416991752134249283385395316273273240210181191
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
5
NE
15
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
0
S
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
1.44
12:05AM
1.56
12:09PM
1.31
12:42AM
1.52
12:45PM
1.19
1:23AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
0.46
5:43PM
0.41
6:22AM
0.54
6:11PM
0.49
7:09AM
0.62
6:42PM
0.57
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:19-------7:16----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------1133456431111211
Temp. °C232525252424242424242322222223222323232323232221
Feels °C (?)232522232223242526242221212021192021212223242523
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