Fingal Bay Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.74° S 152.18° E)

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Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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 20.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal 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 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	17s
Evening (16 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	17s

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

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	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	16	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	13	11	11	4	7	7	8	9	10	10	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	61	29	38	23	21	22	22	23	24	55	47	19	13	10	10	31	480	470	665	650	612	474	276	143
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	WSW	NW	SW	S	S	SSE	S	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			5:49AM 1.24				5:34PM 1.59				6:38AM 1.34				6:29PM 1.58				7:17AM 1.44				7:15PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	11:29PM 0.40				11:11AM 0.68				12:19AM 0.38				12:15PM 0.61				1:00AM 0.36				1:06PM 0.54

	Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	20	21	21	21	19	19	19	20	27	27	22	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19
Feels °C (?)	14	14	14	20	16	14	15	15	16	17	19	25	26	18	18	14	12	12	13	15	15	14	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Fingal Bay (light winds from the NNE at Shoal Bay wx 4 km from Fingal Bay). A 0.7m swell from the S
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1 h 4 min ago

16 km/h

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