Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 09 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
23.9° 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 8PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)--
Afternoon (09 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)666777877779888884566677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6447477359517557575741257068686894431021361521538891
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
20
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.84
3:13AM
1.09
3:17PM
0.75
4:13AM
1.09
4:40PM
0.71
5:14AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
0.37
10:02AM
0.48
9:10PM
0.42
11:18AM
0.46
10:04PM
0.44
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-7:51-------7:50-------7:49------
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C222222212020212324242322212120242625242423232325
Feels °C (?)222222222222232425252525242422262523222424242325
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