Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 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
23.6° 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 5AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)66667666898551010999986666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)252626314341392337383637384892626056533537506263
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
NE
5
NE
0
N
5
ESE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
1.42
10:37AM
1.32
10:56PM
1.44
11:22AM
1.22
11:40PM
1.43
12:12PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
0.13
4:39PM
0.18
5:20AM
0.15
5:19PM
0.24
6:15AM
0.20
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:58---
Sunset-------7:04-------7:02-------7:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1212----------
Temp. °C232221202022232322222221212223232222222020222222
Feels °C (?)242424222224232222212221212323242222232122232222
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