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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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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
20.6° 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 9PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (27 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Frenchmans Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 91mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu night, min 15°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 8 | S 9 | |
1436 | 1287 | 1129 | 1111 | 986 | 952 | 904 | 841 | 826 | 730 | 813 | 881 | 881 | 900 | 792 | 855 | 694 | 610 | 625 | 569 | 569 | 504 | 493 | 524 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 5:52PM1.37m | 6:07AM1.10m | 6:32PM1.44m | 6:53AM1.07m | 7:10PM1.48m | 7:36AM1.05m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:14AM0.34m | 00:15AM0.39m | 11:53AM0.34m | 1:04AM0.33m | 12:31PM0.34m | 1:48AM0.29m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | |
— | 4:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | |
— | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 8 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 |
1436 | 1287 | 1129 | 1111 | 986 | 952 | 904 | 841 | 826 | 730 | 813 | 881 | 30 | 900 | 792 | 696 | 694 | 610 | 625 | 569 | 569 | 298 | 493 | 524 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | S 16 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 16 | S 16 | S 7 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 275 | 504 | 452 | 394 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 12 | S 15 | S 15 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | SSE 6 | — | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 16 | — | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | SSE 8 | S 7 | E 10 | — | — | S 7 | SSW 7 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 4 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 881 | 19 | 17 | 855 | — | — | 238 | 444 | 24 | 17 | 32 | 9 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 89 | 89 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 129 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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