Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fingal Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Fingal Bay at 10AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
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
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
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
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)966887109888715151517915777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71930635727161422121010444614184782159193240
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
N
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
1.61
2:30PM
1.21
3:11AM
1.62
3:59PM
1.13
4:29AM
1.66
5:34PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
0.53
8:25PM
0.54
10:11AM
0.52
9:36PM
0.59
11:36AM
0.45
10:55PM
0.58
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:31-------7:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------11-1-
Temp. °C232323252524242323222124242524242323222223242423
Feels °C (?)232223242221212021212024222323242426242426252523
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