Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 AEST
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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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 4PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)99999999999101010991099998109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)275232238202199165165129129102106115908883103179168294232157958983
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
SE
15
E
10
N
10
N
10
NW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassonglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.97
11:07PM
1.29
11:36AM
0.88
11:46PM
1.23
12:26PM
0.82
12:30AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.30
4:36PM
0.38
5:55AM
0.35
5:09PM
0.45
6:46AM
0.39
5:49PM
0.52
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:07-------6:07-------6:09-------
Sunset---5:43-------5:42-------5:39----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171820191818171617242725232221201922232221212120
Feels °C (?)171820201817161515222623222020181821222122232422
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