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JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 07 Feb 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
23.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 11PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)--
Afternoon (07 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.4
NE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)668887666661111117777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64123121211120645558911651010101451108875575766747474
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
S
10
SE
5
SSE
15
E
25
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		onononononcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
1.22
1:23AM
1.29
1:20PM
1.08
2:11AM
1.26
2:12PM
0.96
3:08AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53PM
0.31
7:36AM
0.50
7:28PM
0.39
8:41AM
0.55
8:09PM
0.47
10:00AM
0.57
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------6:22-------6:22-------6:24-
Sunset-7:52-------7:52-------7:51------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------13-------
Temp. °C242425252423232222232323222221212021212020202023
Feels °C (?)222224252524252423212122222322222122212122212124
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