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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 18 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
23.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 8AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)10105666666699968868866666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5431471049598804838283857563031282323232726252427
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.42
9:00PM
1.29
9:11AM
1.43
9:37PM
1.37
9:53AM
1.40
10:15PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.24
2:50PM
0.11
2:56AM
0.17
3:26PM
0.10
3:42AM
0.13
4:02PM
0.13
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:07-------7:05--
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11111-----366544321211--
Temp. °C242322232222222222222120191919191919202122222222
Feels °C (?)252322232222222323232222202121212121212222222223
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