Flat Rock surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (22 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
NE
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)646566655467888777666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2211181310118494011116013134662434899407158323121
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
NE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
10
NNW
5
N
25
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
25
SSW
10
SSE
10
NW
10
N
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
1.56
12:11AM
1.55
12:26PM
1.43
12:59AM
1.55
1:20PM
1.29
1:56AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54PM
0.26
6:22AM
0.36
6:34PM
0.33
7:23AM
0.41
7:21PM
0.42
8:35AM
0.47
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:33-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-7:37-------7:37-------7:36------
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-22---------------2-----
Temp. °C292523232221212627272723242324262525232222222224
Feels °C (?)292826262524232826252723272627292725242323232426
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