Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 10 Mar 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
24.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 8AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
3
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.4
E
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)777877888888899101010121212111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)285199199181140121153100105100105111140290366625697363517517508485493596
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
1.44
1:40PM
1.06
2:17AM
1.41
2:46PM
1.00
3:16AM
1.39
4:13PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.63
7:24PM
0.62
9:14AM
0.67
8:16PM
0.70
10:33AM
0.66
9:25PM
0.74
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise--6:47-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:15-------7:15--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11121-------------------
Temp. °C222222232424232321212024262524222121222524232221
Feels °C (?)252524252423232322232225252222222221202322212019
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