Fingal Bay Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.74° S 152.18° E)

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Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 28 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today (28 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 May, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 May, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 May, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 1PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 May)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Afternoon (28 May)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Evening (28 May)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu morning, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).
	Thursday 28						Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sun 31
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 8	S 8	S 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	783	757	743	730	819	804	768	708	623	544	612	603	850	643	454	379	333	284	260	305	313	279	271	234
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross
High Tide	6:03AM1.31m				6:32PM1.67m				6:47AM1.27m					7:08PM1.73m				7:29AM1.24m				7:44PM1.77m
Low Tide			11:55AM0.45m					1:01AM0.48m			12:30PM0.45m					1:44AM0.43m				1:05PM0.45m				2:25AM0.39m


	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43
	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	4:52
mm	—	—	1	4	4	10	3	3	1	2	10	4	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	15	15	14	15	18	19	17	15	15	15
Feels °C	19	19	20	18	16	16	19	20	19	16	13	12	14	14	9	8	7	7	11	14	13	10	10	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	783	757	743	730	34	32	31	708	623	544	612	557	502	502	454	313	275	246	260	305	313	279	271	234
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	S 16	S 16	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	39	38	35	35	21	46	20	19	19	12	22	—	5	5	434	379	333	284	233	188	184	149	153	156
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 17	S 11	SSW 5	S 12	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSE 8	SSE 7	—	—	—	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	N 8	NE 8
kJ	18	17	17	23	3	2	11	12	12	11	10	—	—	—	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	1	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SE 4	E 11	E 11	E 10	—	—	—	—	SSW 7	SSW 8	S 8	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 3	W 4	W 4	W 4
kJ	—	—	—	10	819	804	768	—	—	—	—	603	850	643	10	19	27	27	15	4	5	12	13	13
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	1	47	82	82	128	35	17	35	47	53	162	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	1	1	2	1	35
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3		2	3	3				4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8

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