JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 AEDT
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JD Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's JD Reef sea temperature is
24.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 5PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (24 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (24 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
4
3
3
0
0
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)88889999991010101212121312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169192235246264318372380380397492523610122015101643170116221401124511131103943720
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
NE
5
WNW
5
W
5
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
SW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrossononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
1.06
1:33AM
1.50
2:34PM
0.97
2:45AM
1.45
4:04PM
0.95
4:04AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.24
6:51PM
0.40
8:34AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.49
9:57AM
0.30
9:19PM
0.53
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------
Sunset---7:00-------6:59-------6:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------1211
Temp. °C222323232222212020212222222120191923242421191917
Feels °C (?)222122222122222221232222222121201923212219161714
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