Frenchmans Reef Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 02 Jun 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 20.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today (02 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 5PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am June 02). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Afternoon (02 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (02 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 2						Wednesday 3								Thursday 4								Fri 5
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	SSW 7
Wave Graph
kJ	58	58	57	57	58	60	90	86	46	46	51	49	50	51	67	68	101	98	58	56	53	55	37	69
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide		9:38AM0.98m				9:33PM1.48m					10:19AM0.97m				10:09PM1.45m				11:02AM0.97m				10:46PM1.41m
Low Tide				2:57PM0.41m					4:27AM0.22m			3:36PM0.45m					5:06AM0.23m				4:17PM0.49m


	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48
	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	4:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	14	19	15	16	15	14	15	14	17	19	18	16	15	14	14	15	16	17	16	14	13	12	13
Feels °C	5	9	14	8	12	11	10	10	9	11	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	7	6	4	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	SSW 6	SSW 7
kJ	58	58	57	57	58	60	90	86	46	46	51	49	50	51	67	68	101	98	58	56	53	55	26	69
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	S 10	SW 5	S 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 6	ENE 10	E 10
kJ	26	17	9	9	4	4	5	4	26	14	15	10	9	2	7	1	9	19	18	17	17	6	37	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	S 8	ENE 6	S 12	S 11	S 7	S 7	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	NE 8	S 9	SSW 6	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 10	S 12	NNW 5
kJ	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	4	1	8	8	8	8	3	6	3	10	2	2	3	7	11	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	NW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	W 4
kJ	16	16	16	18	52	26	24	29	24	28	28	29	28	32	30	25	22	25	39	42	36	35	28	35
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	20	20	20	56	2	9	2	32	24	48	145	32	35	2	2	2	2	32	58	41	62	63	63	221
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	4	5	5	7	5

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