Fingal Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.18° E

Issued: 4 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fingal Bay sea temperature is

20.8°C

Fingal Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today (30 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 10AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	15s
Afternoon (30 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (30 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sat night, min 17°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun morning).
	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 1
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 10	S 10	S 14	S 13	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	2104	1894	543	459	331	856	683	622	507	485	377	287	217	155	112	79	53	51	53	59	58	57	55	33
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	N	NNE	NW	W	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	E	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on
High Tide	11:47PM1.30m				11:55AM1.85m				00:48AM1.23m				12:52PM1.79m				1:58AM1.20m				1:56PM1.72m
Low Tide			5:20AM0.49m				6:51PM0.30m				6:16AM0.56m				7:56PM0.33m				7:22AM0.63m					9:04PM0.35m


	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	6	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	21	20	21	23	22	20	18	17	20	23	21	20	20
Feels °C	18	16	17	16	14	14	14	13	12	13	14	19	14	16	21	20	19	17	17	22	22	18	20	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 14	S 13	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 11	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	NE 8	S 11	S 11	ENE 7
kJ	2104	1894	543	459	331	856	683	622	507	485	377	287	217	155	131	81	83	62	41	39	41	57	55	61
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 15	S 15	S 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	—	E 12	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 8	E 7	S 11	ENE 8	S 10
kJ	13	7	506	418	325	4	4	4	8	8	3	3	—	3	112	79	53	51	53	41	27	57	21	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	—	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 13	E 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 12	E 12	S 13	E 12	NE 6	S 11	S 11	ENE 8	ENE 8	—
kJ	17	—	6	6	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	14	3	15	59	58	11	21	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 8	E 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	NE 7	—	NW 2	NW 3	—	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSW 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	20	12	24	34	41	38	31	29	88	182	—	—	206	—	1	2	—	104	101	4
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Fly Roads NSW - Newcastle	Fly Roads NSW - Newcastle	Fly Roads NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Green Island NSW - South Coast	Coneeleys Reef NSW - South Coast	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Fly Roads NSW - Newcastle	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Fly Roads NSW - Newcastle	Seal Rocks NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	1	1	119	119	262	262	119	119	11	0	11	321	308	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	82	1	47
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	JD Reef	Anna Bay-Morna Point	Little Gibber - Dark Point	Box Head	Box Head			Umina Point	Box Head	Copacobana Point	Copacobana Point	Little Gibber - Dark Point			Copacobana Point	Crackneck	Crackneck	Forresters	Crackneck	Shallows	Anna Bay-Morna Point	Backdoor 4	JD Reef	Backdoor 4
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	2			2	1	2	2	2			3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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