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Frenchmans Reef Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 6PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 7s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Frenchmans Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 61 | 33 | 44 | 81 | 138 | 114 | 85 | 73 | 73 | 58 | 68 | 47 | 30 | 43 | 138 | 226 | 276 | 210 | 164 | 127 | 183 | 128 | 131 | 153 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:38PM 1.28 | 5:00AM 0.88 | 4:53PM 1.31 | 5:56AM 0.97 | 5:52PM 1.36 | 6:40AM 1.07 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:48PM 0.27 | 10:08AM 0.45 | 11:47PM 0.22 | 11:20AM 0.39 | 12:32AM 0.17 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Cross-off wind 18 km from Frenchmans Reef has become light (light winds from the N at Lake Macquarie Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Frenchmans Reef. 0.4m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the S and a 0.1m 12s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
18 km away, 45 min ago
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