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JD Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 26 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
21.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
S
1
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)9911111111101010101010101010677115611117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12413514620620214314123622217317398989898123143127249129157114116159
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
25
NNW
10
N
25
N
10
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
15
SW
15
SE
10
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
N
15
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
1.40
1:56AM
0.99
1:28PM
1.36
2:58AM
1.05
2:27PM
1.31
3:57AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.55
7:42PM
0.28
7:04AM
0.59
8:32PM
0.26
8:16AM
0.61
9:23PM
0.23
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise5:37-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:43-------7:44-------7:45----
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C253032292925232124293026232019191921222122212019
Feels °C (?)242732272824211821242624231717192019181718202019
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