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Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 30 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
22.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 10AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.7
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.4
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999996914991288141458
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)989898646361403131202020881666146214498814
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
40
NE
30
NNE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
40
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
35
ENE
15
SSE
25
SSE
50
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00AM
1.84
7:50PM
1.25
7:55AM
1.92
8:42PM
1.31
8:45AM
1.97
9:29PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.48
1:53PM
0.25
1:16AM
0.43
2:44PM
0.16
2:12AM
0.38
3:30PM
0.10
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise--6:11-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----7:55-------7:54-------7:53--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------313
Temp. °C222121222324232322212124242524232222222626252421
Feels °C (?)232222232221192019201922202120192021212723262415
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