Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
24.3° 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 5AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)10988871518101798867778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161422211010472621116200198312424428392383383341295
Wind
(km/h)
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
15
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
1.62
3:59PM
1.13
4:29AM
1.66
5:34PM
1.14
5:44AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
0.54
10:11AM
0.52
9:36PM
0.59
11:36AM
0.45
10:55PM
0.58
12:43PM
0.35
Tue
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----6:35-------6:35-------6:37---
Sunset-------7:31-------7:30-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------11111331-----
Temp. °C242323222124242524242423232424242323232323232323
Feels °C (?)202021202124222324242525252625252225242323222222
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