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Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 16 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
22.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°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: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (16 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
ESE
1.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.6
S
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
2.2
ESE
2.5
E
2.3
E
Period(s) (?)13131312857889111010109999888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3130292826954438198291056202320801268993775805609395277331324833972773
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
15
N
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
35
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
S
35
S
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
20
W
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
1.65
8:05PM
1.09
8:06AM
1.71
8:50PM
1.14
8:46AM
1.76
9:31PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.56
2:21PM
0.44
1:19AM
0.54
2:59PM
0.35
2:06AM
0.52
3:36PM
0.28
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise--5:58-------5:58-------6:00-----
Sunset------8:01-------8:01-------8:00-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
121-1-----1----------123
Temp. °C212021222222222221212122222221212121222322222223
Feels °C (?)192122201920211918181719181917181817212220191822
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