Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
24.5° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
E
2.1
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
Period(s) (?)77777778889999991010101213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13013115315015713815919223524626431832638038040948952353012811780196219391863
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
1.09
12:30AM
1.40
1:10PM
0.97
1:28AM
1.35
2:22PM
0.88
2:38AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
0.32
7:18AM
0.26
6:52PM
0.39
8:30AM
0.31
7:56PM
0.46
9:51AM
0.32
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-7:00-------7:00-------6:59------
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C222322222121212323232221201918212222212019181924
Feels °C (?)222222222021222221222222222019222222222120181925
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