Newcastle Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.93° S 151.79° E)

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Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 24 Oct 2025 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 21.2° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Evening (24 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

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

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	Friday 24						Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Mon 27
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	432	424	347	459	188	405	191	139	238	230	190	126	99	99	73	55	75	155	209	203	192	123	193	138
Wind (km/h)	WNW	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	S	W	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	ENE	ENE	W	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 1.63				10:59PM 1.18					11:09AM 1.60				11:42PM 1.11				11:48AM 1.56				12:33AM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)					5:09PM 0.34			4:34AM 0.44					5:54PM 0.39				5:08AM 0.53				6:42PM 0.43

	Friday 24						Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Mon 27
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	21	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	25	27	27	22	22	20	19
Feels °C (?)	15	20	18	14	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	22	25	27	21	24	20	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Newcastle Beach (fresh winds from the S at Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station 2 km from Newcastle Beach). 1.0m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.8m 10s swell from the SSE and a 0.5m 10s swell from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 37 min ago

30 km/h

Cross-On

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