Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.7
E
0.3
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.7
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)12914141313131212121111111110101010108101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2976411051019893868175716968454335312019689988
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
35
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
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
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
1.79
10:20PM
1.58
10:27AM
1.69
10:56PM
1.59
11:02AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
0.32
4:13PM
0.20
4:18AM
0.34
4:45PM
0.26
4:59AM
0.39
5:15PM
0.33
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:43-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:22-------7:21--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C232323222425232222222125242524232322222525242424
Feels °C (?)212121202322201919201924202121202222222422212222
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