Fingal Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.18° E

Issued: 10 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fingal Bay sea temperature is

20.7°C

Fingal Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 6PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SW by Tue night).
	Monday 2						Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 10	E 6	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 13	E 7	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	SSW 6
Wave Graph
kJ	80	41	29	40	29	42	40	39	24	24	14	20	17	15	14	120	146	189	143	111	74	57	40	40
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NNE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	ENE	NNE	NW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide				3:07PM1.66m				4:30AM1.28m				4:19PM1.61m					5:31AM1.38m				5:26PM1.58m
Low Tide		8:38AM0.67m				10:10PM0.35m				9:58AM0.66m					11:08PM0.35m				11:13AM0.60m				11:58PM0.35m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	7:20
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	1	—	5	1	1	2	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	18	18
Feels °C	20	19	17	17	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	21	19	15	15	16	16	18	20	19	18	18	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 10	S 10	S 9	ENE 5	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 14	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	E 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	E 7
kJ	80	41	23	30	29	42	29	39	24	24	14	13	5	15	139	120	100	79	44	111	74	57	40	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 9	E 10	E 9	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 8	S 13	S 13	S 16	S 15	NE 8	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 8
kJ	23	18	17	13	7	3	40	2	2	6	5	20	17	5	14	3	19	4	23	45	27	19	20	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	ESE 4	S 10	—	—	E 10	E 10	—	S 17	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13	S 8	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 14	S 13	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 12
kJ	31	7	29	—	—	2	2	—	6	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	15	16	16	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 4	—	ESE 4	E 6	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	—	SSW 4	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	—	—	NE 2	—	SSW 6
kJ	6	—	7	40	32	30	74	36	66	90	204	204	213	198	—	52	146	189	143	—	—	1	—	40
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Pelican Beach NSW - Newcastle	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Little Austi and Main Beach NSW - Illawarra	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Little Gibber - Dark Point NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle - Stratts Spit NSW - Newcastle	Shelley Beach NSW - Newcastle	Nobbys Reef NSW - Newcastle	Seven Mile Beach NSW - Illawarra	Port Kembla Beach NSW - Illawarra	Little Gibber - Dark Point NSW - Newcastle	One Mile Beach NSW - Newcastle	Hawks Nest-Mungo Brush NSW - Port Macquarie	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Shallows NSW - Newcastle	Seal Rocks NSW - Port Macquarie	Green Hills NSW - Sydney South Coast	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Fly Roads NSW - Newcastle	Fingal Bay NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	41	85	526	477	208	119	17	41	93	41	258	227	17	6	35	70	41	50	47	172	0	1	0	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Forresters	Pelican Beach				Umina Point	Forresters	Forresters	Forresters	Frazer Park			Copacobana Point	Crackneck			JD Reef	JD Reef	Shallows		Anna Bay-Morna Point	Forresters	Frazer Park	Crackneck
Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	1	1	1	2			2	2			2	2	2		1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Quarantine VIC - Mornington Peninsula	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Bullies SA - East Coast	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Boneyard NSW - Illawarra	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Luna Park VIC - Far West	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Surfers Point WA - Margaret River	Bunker Bay Bommie WA - Margaret River	Shipstern Bluff TAS - East Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Cyclops WA - Far South	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4

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