Leggy Point surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 AEST
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Leggy Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Leggy Point sea temperature is
23.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Leggy Point today?

The current surf forecast for Leggy Point at 5PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (14 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (14 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Leggy Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1111101010109910101010109999101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)778750696575490354281235268273230225273217168164133183190171130997674
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
1.53
6:13PM
1.44
6:15AM
1.56
6:50PM
1.56
7:02AM
1.58
7:29PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.37
12:07AM
0.49
12:34PM
0.32
12:55AM
0.38
1:12PM
0.29
1:43AM
0.29
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise6:13-------6:13-------6:13-------
Sunset---5:32-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141719202018161414192121212120181619242421202018
Feels °C (?)111516181816161313181919192120181619222018171614
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