Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
22.9° C
(Which is 1.1°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 7AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)988999999999888888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)252424152525242424251514131211555194963634837
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
25
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
15
N
10
NW
15
NNW
5
N
10
ESE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
5
N
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
1.60
12:27PM
1.48
1:03AM
1.61
1:22PM
1.34
2:01AM
1.61
2:30PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.32
6:26AM
0.45
6:39PM
0.40
7:28AM
0.49
7:26PM
0.47
8:44AM
0.53
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:35---
Sunset-------7:35-------7:34-------7:32
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272523222224252626262423232424252524232222242424
Feels °C (?)272726242425232323272625252624232427272525242221
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