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JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 16 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
23.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 2AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 16). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
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
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
ENE
1.2
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)6611131212121111111010666666668888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1381485511498976658565554311811298959444302447434449
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
SSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
1.19
7:49AM
1.53
8:27PM
1.31
8:29AM
1.57
9:03PM
1.41
9:09AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
0.34
2:20PM
0.11
2:16AM
0.26
2:53PM
0.06
3:00AM
0.19
3:27PM
0.04
Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----6:52-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:09-------7:07-------7:07
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------1221---11113
Temp. °C232221212124282726242322222121222222222120222222
Feels °C (?)202021212125282324242422222121212222232220212121
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