JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 30 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 10AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be 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
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)101010999999888161616131316161616151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)846664575452385326280238202147117114127178172858513713424323115313288
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
0
NE
10
E
15
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.49
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
8:34AM
1.44
9:01PM
1.46
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
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--7:03-------7:03-------7:03-----
Sunset-----6:52-------6:51-------6:50--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818192020202020181820212121212020192021222221
Feels °C (?)181717181919181920181821202019192020192019202019
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