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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 23 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
21.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 5PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
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)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
0
2
1
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.1
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101066710111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1331311281289696969492686791139181574813853659559464402331281258
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
0
N
10
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
5
ENE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		onononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44AM
1.47
11:30PM
0.97
11:21AM
1.44
12:16AM
0.95
12:02PM
1.41
1:06AM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
0.25
4:45AM
0.47
6:22PM
0.26
5:29AM
0.51
7:06PM
0.27
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise5:39-------5:39-------5:39-------
Sunset---7:38-------7:39-------7:40----
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
4------------------5----
Temp. °C192526232221191919212120191918171923272121222323
Feels °C (?)202626232420171818201817171918181922242321222323
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