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Little Bombie Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Little Bombie surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Little Bombie surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Bombie sea temperature is
22.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Little Bombie today?
The current surf forecast for Little Bombie at 5AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (06 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (06 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Little Bombie. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 5 | Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | Friday 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | |
707 | 617 | 606 | 606 | 573 | 495 | 476 | 467 | 458 | 400 | 400 | 410 | 339 | 284 | 240 | 196 | 151 | 120 | 92 | 92 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 82 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | |
High Tide | 10:21PM1.46m | 11:11AM0.96m | 11:03PM1.41m | 12:03PM0.93m | 11:51PM1.35m | 1:04PM0.93m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:17AM0.30m | 4:25PM0.51m | 6:05AM0.34m | 5:11PM0.56m | 6:58AM0.36m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 |
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Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 20 |
17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 13 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 |
 kJ | 707 | 617 | 606 | 606 | 573 | 495 | 476 | 467 | 458 | 400 | 400 | 410 | 339 | 284 | 240 | 196 | 151 | 120 | 1546 | 1969 | 1548 | 1293 | 1066 | 832 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 5 | S 18 | S 18 | S 4 | S 17 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | NE 4 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 4 | S 11 | S 11 | S 17 | S 16 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 |
| kJ | 10 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 49 | 70 | 94 | 60 | 39 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 92 | 92 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 82 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | — | — | S 17 | S 11 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 7 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | NE 10 | S 17 | S 11 | NE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 |
| kJ | 6 | — | — | 53 | 21 | 45 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 5 | SSW 4 | — | S 4 | SSW 4 | — | — | NE 3 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | WNW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | WSW 5 | — | — | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | — |
| kJ | — | 9 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 122 | 222 | 561 | 41 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 72 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 218 | 124 | 249 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
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