Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.1° 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 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)999912121281212111133666561111998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)48283824232316844331068194061220168206221150114
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
S
15
ENE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.12
3:52PM
1.65
5:07AM
1.18
5:01PM
1.69
6:03AM
1.26
5:57PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04AM
0.66
10:59PM
0.41
10:24AM
0.63
11:55PM
0.34
11:29AM
0.57
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise--5:50-------5:48-------5:47-----
Sunset-----5:43-------5:43-------5:44--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019222624232220201821232319191615131516171817
Feels °C (?)17171620252321171618151719201617121091214141413
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fingal Bay (light winds from the NNE at Shoal Bay wx 4 km from Fingal Bay). 0.3m 9s swell from the S with a 0.2m 13s groundswell, also from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Fingal Bay
Expand
<
>
View all

Actual: 47 min ago

6 km/h
NNE
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fingal Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest