JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 29 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
25.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 6AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)101010101099999988816161613131616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1250104584666457545238532628023820214714011412517817212389137325243228144
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
W
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.20
7:09AM
1.49
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
8:34AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.37
1:41PM
0.14
1:44AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
2:47PM
0.15
Sun
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:51-------6:50
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181819202020202019192021212221201919202222
Feels °C (?)181818171718191918192020192020201919201919192020
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