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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 31 Dec 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
22.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 7AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Wed
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
3
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
SE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)121313131313121212121212111111111010998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1217129712761285116296862661686450049133025124223817618815714411912012311683
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40PM
1.01
7:02AM
1.52
7:48PM
1.00
7:58AM
1.59
8:45PM
1.02
8:49AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.33
1:54PM
0.21
1:11AM
0.32
2:50PM
0.13
2:08AM
0.30
3:41PM
0.07
Wed
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise----5:47-------5:48-------5:48---
Sunset8:05-------8:05-------8:05-------
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11-----------------
Temp. °C201918191919191919191918191920202019191920212221
Feels °C (?)201817171817141415171716171718181917181819191917
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