Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 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
24.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 9AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.8
SW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
6
SSW
5
S
7
SSW
6
S
6
S
5.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111111881014141413131313121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9107076344943344288662254150321017417713122961190698157864615355114633324626392670194116581273
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
1.29
5:24PM
0.90
5:17AM
1.31
6:26PM
1.00
6:22AM
1.36
7:13PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.29
10:36PM
0.48
12:12PM
0.24
11:51PM
0.41
1:01PM
0.20
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----6:55-------6:54-------6:52--
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1------1----------------
Temp. °C191715151415161616151417191920191816161820202020
Feels °C (?)171397778899911131315151513131417181819
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