Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 07 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
24.9° 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 7PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
S
1.7
S
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)999999999977777787777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)430418257381398362292237232180239279485526462435408418352294249220193169
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.13
12:08AM
1.25
12:19PM
1.01
12:47AM
1.20
12:58PM
0.89
1:29AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.23
5:49PM
0.22
6:32AM
0.30
6:21PM
0.30
7:21AM
0.37
6:54PM
0.37
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:20----
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------24132544311111111
Temp. °C222426252423232322222222222222222223232322222221
Feels °C (?)242626242424252524222221192020192021212222232422
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