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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AEST
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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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 8PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
Afternoon (05 May)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (05 May)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the W by Thu morning).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
ENE
11
1.7
E
11
1.7
E
11
1.7
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
1.7
SSW
6
2.1
SSW
8
2.5
S
10
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
807
707
707
694
606
606
573
495
476
467
458
400
346
410
339
284
240
196
209
563
1354
1933
1701
1546
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
E
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
40
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
10:37AM0.96m
10:35PM1.38m
11:21AM0.92m
11:13PM1.33m
12:11PM0.89m
11:55PM1.29m
Low Tide
4:00PM0.45m
5:32AM0.31m
4:37PM0.51m
6:17AM0.34m
5:23PM0.57m
7:05AM0.36m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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—
—
—
—
—
6:28
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:30
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:31
—
—
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—
5:09
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:08
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:08
—
—
—
—
—
5:07
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
21
20
20
19
18
17
16
18
19
20
19
18
15
14
13
17
14
16
13
12
10
8
8
12
Feels °C
18
17
18
17
17
16
15
18
18
18
16
15
13
10
8
11
5
7
4
5
4
2
3
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
ENE
11
1.7
E
11
1.7
E
11
1.7
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
2.5
S
10
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
Energy kJ
807
707
707
694
606
606
573
495
476
467
458
400
346
410
339
284
240
196
151
120
1354
1933
1701
1546
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.2
S
18
0.2
S
18
0.4
SSE
4
0.3
S
17
0.6
S
10
0.8
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.3
S
6
0.4
SSW
6
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
15
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
Energy kJ
12
14
14
25
24
5
49
71
96
60
39
23
14
14
7
12
10
9
6
5
92
92
70
71
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
17
—
—
0.3
S
17
0.3
S
11
0.3
S
16
0.3
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.1
NE
10
0.1
S
17
0.1
NE
10
0.1
N
10
—
—
—
—
Energy kJ
5
5
6
—
—
53
21
45
39
16
14
14
13
12
12
11
4
6
4
2
—
—
—
—
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
0.7
S
5
0.4
S
5
0.4
S
4
—
0.3
S
4
0.3
SSW
4
—
—
0.4
NE
2
0.7
NE
4
0.8
NE
4
0.3
WNW
2
0.5
W
3
0.5
W
3
1
SW
4
1.3
SW
5
1.7
SSW
6
2.1
SSW
8
0.9
WSW
5
—
—
0.6
W
4
Energy kJ
28
29
29
9
5
—
3
3
—
—
2
13
24
1
5
5
36
90
209
563
37
—
—
9
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Stockton Beach
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North Haven
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North Haven
NSW - Port Macquarie
North Haven
NSW - Port Macquarie
Stockton Beach
NSW - Newcastle
Caves Point
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Caves Point
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Caves Beach
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Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
14
14
13
13
0
0
0
13
97
52
52
0
0
0
25
196
196
196
25
0
0
0
2
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
JD Reef
Backdoor 4
JD Reef
JD Reef
JD Reef
Crackneck
Crackneck
Crackneck
Backdoor 4
Little Gibber - Dark Point
Umina Point
Crackneck
Crackneck
Crackneck
Crackneck
Stockton Beach
Banzai
Umina Point
Copacobana Point
Wamberal Beach
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
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Akkorokamui
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Red Bluff
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Golf Course Reef
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Boneyard
NSW - Illawarra
Cyclops
WA - Far South
Boneyard
NSW - Illawarra
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
3
4
5
5
4
4
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Buchupureo
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Lebu
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Super Tubes
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Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
9
9
7
6
6
5
8
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
5
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