Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 18 Nov 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
20.9° 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: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (18 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (18 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)689998871110101015161615141413121111106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)682462202822301407639398051494212212111266595648433913539
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
WSW
15
W
5
SSE
20
E
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
15
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
50
NNE
40
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
5
W
10
SSW
20
SE
45
SSW
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.65
8:01PM
1.32
8:24AM
1.71
8:41PM
1.29
8:58AM
1.75
9:22PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
0.43
2:13PM
0.49
1:49AM
0.43
2:54PM
0.44
2:22AM
0.44
3:35PM
0.40
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Sunrise--5:39-------5:39-------5:39-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:34--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------16
Temp. °C161615181919191918161720212221201919202121202019
Feels °C (?)121111151413121313141618161714151618212220151919
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