Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 27 Nov 2025 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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)--
Afternoon (27 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
1
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101111115667771111111178888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17314014013110273114116249111192181173233181149114114114371329310343270
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
ESE
10
NE
10
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
E
25
E
35
ENE
30
NE
15
N
15
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
30
WNW
30
WSW
10
SW
25
S
15
S
5
SW
5
NW
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
1.34
2:55AM
1.04
2:38PM
1.30
3:51AM
1.12
3:41PM
1.26
4:47AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
0.30
8:28AM
0.58
9:29PM
0.31
9:37AM
0.56
10:18PM
0.32
10:45AM
0.50
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise------5:37-------5:37-------5:37-
Sunset-7:43-------7:44-------7:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282623212019202224252321202123272828242019181923
Feels °C (?)252422201919212221211920191820242423221718181922
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