Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 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
25.8° C
(Which is 2.1°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 4PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (28 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.6
ESE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)787787888888889988987777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)289357151123273140125108138135131114111111208203164134162268339326255233
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
1.39
7:35PM
0.98
7:36AM
1.45
8:19PM
1.08
8:24AM
1.49
9:00PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
0.15
1:01AM
0.30
2:17PM
0.09
1:57AM
0.22
2:57PM
0.05
2:48AM
0.16
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:30-------7:28----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C222323232222222121232323232322212223252423232222
Feels °C (?)202121212221212121232322232322222222232221222121
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