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 10 pm Saturday 08 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 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 5AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	9s
Evening (09 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	10s

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

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	Sat 08		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	S
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	93	179	197	140	111	90	429	1507	1601	1525	1258	1055	865	739	565	510	372	318	232	186	151	122	78	70
Wind (km/h)	NNW	W	SW	W	W	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	N	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:33PM 1.08				11:36AM 1.59				12:31AM 1.02				12:30PM 1.51				1:35AM 0.98				1:28PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 0.15				5:02AM 0.39				6:35PM 0.19				5:57AM 0.46				7:35PM 0.24				6:59AM 0.52

	Sat 08		Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	20	17	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	19	18	17	16	14	16	23	27	25
Feels °C (?)	25	21	19	13	11	13	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	14	15	13	14	15	13	14	20	24	16

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