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Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Newcastle Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Newcastle Beach sea temperature is
23.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 8AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (11 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.7
SSW
1.8
S
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
1.1
SE
1
S
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)86778888888769777776691010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)157215312394481599646515388198135879515922015815314512480666110296
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
5
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
1.32
2:56PM
1.13
4:05AM
1.34
3:54PM
1.04
5:00AM
1.39
5:03PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.69
9:14PM
0.50
10:36AM
0.69
9:58PM
0.53
11:50AM
0.66
10:48PM
0.55
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise--5:54-------5:56-------5:56-----
Sunset------8:05-------8:05-------8:04-
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------26154------------21
Temp. °C212121202020191817181819202222222121212324242323
Feels °C (?)181718171616161615181920202222222224242625242625
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