Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 28 Dec 2025 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Dec)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (28 Dec)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (28 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wed
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.1
S
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101010999999998888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1107106310481057972809705641567499436396387177214250224250250250273250279256
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
10
SSW
15
SE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
1.41
4:12AM
1.49
4:17PM
1.33
5:14AM
1.61
5:34PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
0.65
9:37PM
0.42
10:28AM
0.61
10:31PM
0.44
11:45AM
0.52
11:29PM
0.43
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wed
31
Sunrise5:43-------5:43-------5:43-------
Sunset----8:00-------8:00-------8:00---
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C181919191919191818191919191918161517192020191817
Feels °C (?)121313131415161516151616171818151316171717161617
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