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JD Reef Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at JD Reef today?
The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 4PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at JD Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 273 | 181 | 107 | 82 | 167 | 77 | 60 | 90 | 64 | 80 | 83 | 53 | 41 | 46 | 37 | 51 | 49 | 31 | 30 | 17 | 136 | 392 | 449 | 326 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:49PM 1.51 | 6:36AM 1.18 | 6:34PM 1.52 | 7:12AM 1.26 | 7:14PM 1.51 | 7:46AM 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:24AM 0.42 | 12:31AM 0.18 | 12:16PM 0.35 | 1:07AM 0.15 | 1:00PM 0.30 | 1:38AM 0.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
The wind is still cross-on at JD Reef (light winds from the ENE at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 1 km from JD Reef). 1.2m 9s swell from the S to make surfable waves.
1 h 12 min ago
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