Flat Rock surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AEST
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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
22.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Flat Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 10PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
Afternoon (05 May)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (05 May)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu morning).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
526
526
459
459
451
442
434
354
345
338
340
288
346
284
239
194
190
154
120
89
66
66
68
48
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
W
10
SW
10
SSE
15
E
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
High Tide
10:38AM1.20m
10:38PM1.67m
11:27AM1.17m
11:19PM1.62m
12:21PM1.14m
00:04AM1.57m
Low Tide
4:01PM0.61m
5:32AM0.47m
4:42PM0.69m
6:20AM0.50m
5:30PM0.76m
7:11AM0.52m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:28
6:28
6:30
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5:09
5:08
5:07
5:07
Temp °C
20
20
20
19
19
18
16
17
19
20
20
18
15
15
13
17
16
16
14
12
10
8
7
12
17
17
18
17
18
18
15
16
18
18
17
15
13
12
8
11
7
7
5
5
4
2
1
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.4
E
11
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.3
S
7
2.1
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.3
S
11
Energy kJ
526
526
459
459
451
442
434
354
345
338
340
288
346
284
239
194
190
154
120
183
832
1439
1351
1253
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
5
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
18
0.4
SSE
4
0.3
SSE
4
0.3
SSE
17
0.4
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.3
S
6
0.3
S
6
0.2
S
6
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
17
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
Energy kJ
7
5
6
6
4
3
57
33
60
65
40
25
15
14
7
7
2
2
6
89
66
66
68
48
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
17
0.2
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
4
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.1
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.1
S
12
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
17
Energy kJ
5
5
6
31
60
3
52
45
16
15
14
14
3
12
3
3
6
3
6
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
S
6
0.5
S
5
0.3
S
4
0.3
S
4
0.2
S
4
0.3
NE
2
0.6
NE
3
0.8
NE
4
0.2
WNW
2
0.4
WNW
2
0.4
WNW
3
0.7
WSW
4
0.9
SW
5
1.2
SSW
6
0.8
WSW
4
0.5
W
4
0.4
WNW
3
Energy kJ
14
14
9
13
3
3
1
1
6
22
1
2
3
11
40
99
17
7
3
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
Distance (km)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
75
31
31
0
0
0
3
175
175
175
3
20
2
2
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
3
4
5
5
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
9
9
7
6
6
5
8
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
5
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