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Moonee surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Moonee surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Moonee sea temperature is
23.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Moonee today?

The current surf forecast for Moonee at 4PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1
ESE
1.7
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
SE
2.1
SE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
2.2
SE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)8881111111111111111111111111111111111111188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2502112012476778781094988926831815846923906906829700700677945433375544546
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
10
E
10
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
1.64
10:40PM
1.13
10:34AM
1.62
11:19PM
1.17
11:11AM
1.56
12:00AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.10
4:10AM
0.32
5:16PM
0.09
4:52AM
0.34
5:50PM
0.09
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:04-------8:02-------8:02---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222222120191819212121202019191921222019191919
Feels °C (?)202020191919181717201818191918192021181515141415
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