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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am 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
22.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average 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 5PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
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
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.7
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)10106666666966887666666676
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3294109951129269362839405150472624374156748210311194
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.68
9:01PM
1.55
9:13AM
1.68
9:42PM
1.65
9:57AM
1.65
10:24PM
1.73
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
Sat
21
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:05-------7:04-------7:02----
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1------5311351131121----
Temp. °C232424232323222220202020191920212122232322222119
Feels °C (?)242525232425252522232222212120212123232222232119
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