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JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 14 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
22.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at JD Reef today?

The current surf forecast for JD Reef at 1AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (15 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)19s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.6
ENE
1.7
NE
0.6
S
1.3
ENE
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1099989999141918161615151414661161212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53938031827522111511299102103599606643600453343260246160209921289897
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.98
6:25AM
1.39
7:14PM
1.08
7:09AM
1.47
7:51PM
1.19
7:49AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.38
11:55PM
0.51
1:12PM
0.28
12:47AM
0.43
1:47PM
0.19
1:33AM
0.34
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-7:14-------7:12-------7:10------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121202018181921222221201918202223222221202023
Feels °C (?)181918181918181819191919191918202021192019192023
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