Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 23 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
23.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 12AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
NE
0.8
ENE
0.9
E
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.5
E
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)877566677566666777677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333925275971635546821199077128196587296101110796626270
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
5
NE
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
1.29
1:56AM
1.55
2:27PM
1.17
3:03AM
1.55
3:51PM
1.09
4:20AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
0.42
8:35AM
0.47
8:18PM
0.51
10:00AM
0.49
9:28PM
0.57
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------6:35-------6:37-------6:37-
Sunset-7:36-------7:35-------7:34------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C262625242323222526262423222120252525242323232122
Feels °C (?)272828272627252524242222222221272525252426262224
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