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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
23.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 3PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)66667777888888889999109109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5985148333392419343279441263270476319319344346487498493495920882920742
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
30
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
30
S
20
S
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
E
30
ESE
35
E
30
E
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
1.26
7:19PM
0.82
7:25AM
1.32
8:05PM
0.86
8:04AM
1.38
8:46PM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.35
12:29AM
0.39
2:18PM
0.27
1:16AM
0.36
2:54PM
0.19
2:02AM
0.33
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise5:58-------6:00-------6:00-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:05-------8:04---
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---161-211------234577312
Temp. °C202324232120202020222323222222222223232322222120
Feels °C (?)202321191820212222232221222020212021212120191818
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