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Frenchmans Reef Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 9PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (14 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Frenchmans Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 407 | 214 | 192 | 189 | 146 | 141 | 98 | 94 | 66 | 65 | 41 | 40 | 28 | 19 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 82 | 143 | 122 | 91 | 73 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:03PM 1.31 | 1:56AM 0.85 | 2:16PM 1.27 | 3:35AM 0.83 | 3:38PM 1.28 | 5:00AM 0.88 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:05PM 0.32 | 7:30AM 0.45 | 9:30PM 0.32 | 8:47AM 0.48 | 10:48PM 0.27 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Continuing clean conditions at Frenchmans Reef (calm at Warners Bay 13 km from Frenchmans Reef). 1.0m 9s swell from the S with a 0.4m 12s groundswell, also from the S and a 0.2m 7s swell, also from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 8 min ago
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