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JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 18 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
23.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 6AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1066898968888888886666888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84437193842784031292525252222345353453529323334
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
S
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassoffcross-
off		glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03PM
1.41
9:09AM
1.56
9:40PM
1.51
9:50AM
1.51
10:18PM
1.57
10:34AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
0.19
3:27PM
0.04
3:45AM
0.14
4:02PM
0.06
4:31AM
0.12
4:38PM
0.12
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----6:54-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------7:07-------7:06-------7:04
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222212120202020202020202122222222222122222222
Feels °C (?)222324222222232121222120202122222323242223222121
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