Leggy Point surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 AEDT
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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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than 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: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)--
Afternoon (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (18 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.1
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
E
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)888755675566666666677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2281677232322841385388114154115804198314118228470585038
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.45
7:50AM
1.44
7:53PM
1.43
8:22AM
1.52
8:30PM
1.39
8:53AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
0.46
1:33AM
0.28
1:52PM
0.39
2:03AM
0.27
2:32PM
0.34
2:32AM
0.27
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise------6:07-------6:07-------6:05-
Sunset-7:07-------7:07-------7:07------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181818181919201817161618283331292618181818
Feels °C (?)151415151617161614151315151516253028272415151516
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Leggy Point (light winds from the SE at Merewether 6 km from Leggy Point). 0.8m 8s swell from the S with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the SE and a 0.5m 7s swell from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 57 min ago

10 km/h
SE
Clean
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