Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
25.1° 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 9PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (24 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
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0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.6
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)566666666777778677788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6517024423120316215714180108175186128118113196331427500522559487597487
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossononcross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.91
2:57AM
1.26
3:46PM
0.83
4:15AM
1.27
5:26PM
0.83
5:34AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
0.38
9:58AM
0.34
9:22PM
0.42
11:25AM
0.30
10:40PM
0.42
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:37-------6:37-------6:39-
Sunset-7:35-------7:34-------7:32------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------11212431---1
Temp. °C252524222120202424252423232322222323232323222223
Feels °C (?)232222202021212624252524262623242424252625242323
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