JD Reef Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 01 Nov 2025 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 20.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 8AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Saturday 01								Sunday 02								Monday 03
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	ENE	ENE	S	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	6	6	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	68	97	150	160	143	147	120	120	100	127	151	212	114	117	93	99	95	144	206	177	218	232	303	462
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NW	S	E	NW	SE	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:33AM 1.19				5:18PM 1.35				6:18AM 1.34				6:14PM 1.38				7:00AM 1.49				7:07PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08PM 0.23				11:16AM 0.50				11:52PM 0.16				12:15PM 0.37				12:35AM 0.10				1:10PM 0.24

	Saturday 01								Sunday 02								Monday 03
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	21	20	19	20	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	21	21	22	21	21
Feels °C (?)	20	19	19	21	21	20	21	21	18	18	20	19	20	20	20	22	20	21	20	21	20	21	20	18

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