Frenchmans Reef Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 19 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 21.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (19 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	7s

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

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	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	!	!	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	7	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	143	170	71	54	77	143	600	544	580	271	209	142	110	88	92	193	321	342	336	444	435	387	342	292
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	WNW	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	W	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:26AM 1.46				8:47PM 1.07				9:00AM 1.48				9:26PM 1.04				9:34AM 1.49				10:06PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)	1:50AM 0.33					2:59PM 0.31				2:23AM 0.34				3:39PM 0.28				2:57AM 0.36				4:18PM 0.26

	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	16	15	18	23	23	23	22	21	19	19	20	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Feels °C (?)	15	14	17	21	20	18	18	19	18	19	19	22	20	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16

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