Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 19 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
21.0° 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 9AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (19 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)111110101616161514141312111010667778877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39825249437811916310763574943293077128239324405481464455372
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
15
ENE
35
NE
45
NE
45
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
5
NW
15
SW
20
SSE
10
SE
15
E
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
1.71
8:41PM
1.29
8:58AM
1.75
9:22PM
1.25
9:33AM
1.77
10:03PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.43
2:54PM
0.44
2:22AM
0.44
3:35PM
0.40
2:56AM
0.45
4:16PM
0.37
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise--5:39-------5:39-------5:39-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:34-------7:34--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---11111-
Temp. °C181617202222212119182021212221201919191919191919
Feels °C (?)131416181716141616162120202321181516161515161515
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