Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Frenchmans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is
24.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 11PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)--
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Frenchmans Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
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0
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3
3
2
2
2
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
2.5
SW
4
SSW
5
S
6.5
S
7.5
S
6.5
S
5
S
Period(s) (?)10101012121212121212121211111111117111214141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423523622109013601459143913781369134713321187910707561407292667384569091723021110171439146
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
15
E
20
NE
25
SW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
WNW
35
WSW
50
WSW
45
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.88
2:38AM
1.30
3:54PM
0.85
3:58AM
1.29
5:24PM
0.90
5:17AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.46
9:51AM
0.32
9:13PM
0.50
11:09AM
0.29
10:36PM
0.48
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise------7:00-------7:00-------7:01-
Sunset-6:59-------6:57-------6:55------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------141---11------
Temp. °C232322212019192526252119191714141515151514131315
Feels °C (?)23232221211919262523191816137684677779
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