Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 22 Nov 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 2PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)71111111111111110101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242237233233233185182178171167128128125969694941609292106537598627
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
20
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
SE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglassglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
1.49
10:47PM
0.99
10:44AM
1.47
11:30PM
0.97
11:21AM
1.44
12:16AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58PM
0.25
4:07AM
0.42
5:39PM
0.25
4:45AM
0.47
6:22PM
0.26
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise5:39-------5:39-------5:39-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11-----12---------------
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