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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 25 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
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 12PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (25 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
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2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SE
Period(s) (?)91111111111111414131313121212121212131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254427496531540452460108311551058101116351510162215951480136113101569145811971062939728
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
1.20
1:34PM
1.15
2:21AM
1.22
2:34PM
1.02
3:24AM
1.25
3:49PM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
0.37
7:56PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.39
8:47PM
0.33
10:05AM
0.39
9:45PM
0.36
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise--6:07-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212021262826252423212122222222222121212222222120
Feels °C (?)242223272826252623181920201920212120202222212120
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