JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 7AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)9910109991010999999151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8310317923516512711690898510981838379121165163229210201198246195
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.35
12:18PM
0.91
12:23AM
1.29
1:28PM
0.88
1:26AM
1.25
2:50PM
0.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
0.42
5:35PM
0.56
7:33AM
0.46
6:34PM
0.61
8:43AM
0.45
7:53PM
0.64
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:09-------6:09-------6:11-----
Sunset-----5:40-------5:38-------5:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211918212222212120191821232222222120212732302726
Feels °C (?)191717202020212321201821212021222119192529272624
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