Little Gibber - Dark Point surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Little Gibber - Dark Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Gibber - Dark Point sea temperature is
23.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Gibber - Dark Point today?

The current surf forecast for Little Gibber - Dark Point at 9PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)--
Afternoon (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

Table - waves today at Little Gibber - Dark Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
ESE
0.7
E
0.9
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)666666896967788866666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6179948058462239411013924252222222938508035532527
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
W
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
glassglasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
1.55
9:13AM
1.68
9:42PM
1.65
9:57AM
1.65
10:24PM
1.73
10:42AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.20
2:56AM
0.28
3:24PM
0.18
3:45AM
0.23
4:04PM
0.17
4:35AM
0.21
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-
Sunset-7:05-------7:04-------7:02------
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242423232221212020202020202019222322222222222223
Feels °C (?)242424252523232222222222222219222222232424232323
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