Fingal Bay surf break

Fingal Bay surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 21 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
22.9° 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 9AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)5111010999889999999998888811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474034322927252436272739391414142614131212559
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
0
NNW
25
ENE
25
ENE
10
N
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
5
NE
15
N
15
WSW
10
NE
10
ENE
15
E
25
NE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.56
11:40AM
1.61
12:14AM
1.60
12:27PM
1.48
1:03AM
1.61
1:22PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
0.41
5:57PM
0.32
6:26AM
0.45
6:39PM
0.40
7:28AM
0.49
7:26PM
0.47
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--6:31-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:35-------7:34--
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C232223262625252322212124252626252423232424252424
Feels °C (?)252324292524272524232325232324252824252625262326
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