Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 01 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
23.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 8AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
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 (?)
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)778888888777777181815141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1691561451311141119696947777657971686617141417343230
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
35
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
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)
7:40AM
1.86
8:25PM
1.40
8:28AM
1.88
9:06PM
1.48
9:10AM
1.86
9:44PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
0.45
2:22PM
0.19
2:03AM
0.38
3:02PM
0.16
2:51AM
0.34
3:39PM
0.16
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset-----7:27-------7:25-------7:24--
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-111--------------------
Temp. °C232222232424242423222224242424242323222424242423
Feels °C (?)212121232322222221212122192021222121192323222120
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