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 10 am Sunday 16 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 20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 4PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (16 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Sunday 16						Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	ENE	SSW	SSW	S	S	ENE	S	S	S	S	S	S	NE	NE	S	ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	8	5	6	6	6	8	9	9	10	10	9	8	5	5	10	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	111	79	63	120	67	54	35	33	40	27	34	31	28	28	97	252	333	273	192	105	54	84	71	120
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NW	NW	ESE	NNE	W	W	W	W	WSW	S	ESE	ENE	W	WSW	WSW	W	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:34AM 1.35				6:36PM 1.15				7:08AM 1.43				7:20PM 1.13				7:40AM 1.50					8:01PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50PM 0.41				12:37AM 0.29				1:33PM 0.34				1:09AM 0.31					2:13PM 0.28			1:41AM 0.32

	Sunday 16						Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wed 19
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	25	28	26	23	22	21	19	19	22	23	21	20	18	16	15	16	18	19	19	19	18	16	15
Feels °C (?)	20	23	28	25	22	17	17	14	15	17	19	16	18	14	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	14

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