Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 02 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
21.7° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 4AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (03 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (03 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Fri
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)9109998888886688566667884
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1772221441239595856275647489615939545353348525316828
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NE
35
ENE
35
NE
10
NE
10
E
5
NNE
10
W
5
SW
10
SE
20
E
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:48PM
1.25
8:53AM
1.92
9:42PM
1.28
9:42AM
1.94
10:31PM
1.31
10:30AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.36
3:43PM
0.10
3:10AM
0.35
4:31PM
0.08
4:01AM
0.36
Fri
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise----5:48-------5:48-------5:50---
Sunset8:04-------8:04-------8:05-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----------111-4-------7
Temp. °C202019192021212121201918192324222422211920232420
Feels °C (?)191917181919181717172119202520192523232022242317
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