Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.7° 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 7AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)991010101010999991099999888886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2812352622732302302312111681361361421901751339797735049323177193
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SE
15
SE
15
E
5
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NE
20
ENE
20
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
0
WSW
0
NNW
25
WSW
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
ononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
1.56
6:50PM
1.56
7:02AM
1.58
7:29PM
1.67
7:48AM
1.57
8:09PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.49
12:34PM
0.32
12:55AM
0.38
1:12PM
0.29
1:43AM
0.29
1:50PM
0.28
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:15-----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:30-------5:29--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151313182121202018161518242421202018172327282620
Feels °C (?)141110161918181918151417232018181614131926272114
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