Flat Rock surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 01 Apr 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
23.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Flat Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 2PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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 (?)
0.5
SE
0.7
ESE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
S
1
S
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)765555556667455566666667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253014263134495021222445212451292429392930496923
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
1.62
9:10PM
1.60
9:23AM
1.55
9:45PM
1.64
10:00AM
1.48
10:19PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:58PM
0.28
3:18AM
0.32
3:29PM
0.30
3:59AM
0.32
3:59PM
0.33
4:39AM
0.35
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:49-------6:47-------6:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------122
Temp. °C182122222221201917212223222120181820212121212020
Feels °C (?)182120202020201917212122212120181820201920201819
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