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Flat Rock surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 01 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Flat Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Flat Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 1PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.8m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Flat Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
2.2
SE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.4
SE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)13131212121212121111111110109998945555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11291028139254550876956038525135930517617515714411795115193535403767
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise5:47-------5:48-------5:48-------
Sunset----8:04-------8:04-------8:04---
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-111--------------------
Temp. °C192020191919191819192020201919181921222221201919
Feels °C (?)181816151517171617171818181818181919191919191921
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