Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 02 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
24.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (02 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (02 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
SE
1.6
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.2
E
1.6
ENE
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
E
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.2
E
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)988777777778789997778777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1237912579275517508373301269307168242134232249146171217333163254326225
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
1.79
9:06PM
1.43
9:11AM
1.78
9:44PM
1.50
9:51AM
1.72
10:20PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.38
3:02PM
0.17
2:52AM
0.32
3:38PM
0.17
3:37AM
0.30
4:12PM
0.19
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:43-----
Sunset-----7:28-------7:27-------7:24--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------22----------
Temp. °C222222242525232322222224222222222222212225252322
Feels °C (?)212221232221202019202125232222222222212225232221
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