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Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 19 Jan 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
21.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 8AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
ESE
1.8
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)99988881111111111111111111111111110111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3463543462952812382133667381009126711761018873857920955973878777703652593690
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
N
0
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
1.24
10:01AM
1.80
10:47PM
1.29
10:39AM
1.78
11:24PM
1.33
11:18AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
0.48
4:47PM
0.22
4:15AM
0.48
5:22PM
0.23
4:59AM
0.49
Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise----6:01-------6:03-------6:03---
Sunset8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C222221212121222221212120202121212121191818212223
Feels °C (?)192019191818192019191918181718181920171618221920
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