JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 9PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)--
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.8
ENE
1.4
NE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)666889996599988877767777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)344425212224242449841325242671871179993731431111139360
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
ENE
10
N
5
SW
10
WSW
0
WSW
10
NW
10
NNE
30
ENE
35
NE
15
E
25
S
15
ESE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NE
10
E
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcrosscrosscrossoncrossoffoffoffoffoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
1.43
12:10AM
1.44
12:19PM
1.29
12:58AM
1.44
1:15PM
1.15
1:55AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
0.14
6:21AM
0.29
6:29PM
0.22
7:22AM
0.34
7:15PM
0.31
8:36AM
0.38
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:37-
Sunset-7:38-------7:37-------7:37------
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--------1------12-----
Temp. °C262424232222222526252523242323242522222322222224
Feels °C (?)252627262426252625222723262625262821222422222427
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