Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
25.4° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 3AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


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Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
ENE
1
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)777777777777888889888878
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284233195178198183169207193156156102149131135138114166111113133142147217
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.16
6:43AM
1.71
7:39PM
1.26
7:39AM
1.77
8:25PM
1.35
8:27AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.54
1:36PM
0.27
1:09AM
0.46
2:22PM
0.21
2:04AM
0.38
3:02PM
0.17
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:29-------7:28
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1--1111-----------------
Temp. °C232222222223232323222222222323232323222121242424
Feels °C (?)222121212122222222212222222322232323232222232221
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