Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 27 Nov 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
21.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 6PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)--
Afternoon (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.1
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.3
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)101091010101111114111111771111111177888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9824510173494983858267828284233181114151151149274285265301277
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
ESE
10
NE
5
SSE
20
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
ESE
20
E
35
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
10
N
10
NW
30
W
30
WSW
5
W
25
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
NW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
1.49
3:02AM
1.15
2:40PM
1.43
3:57AM
1.23
3:43PM
1.39
4:50AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44PM
0.39
8:27AM
0.70
9:33PM
0.38
9:39AM
0.65
10:23PM
0.36
10:49AM
0.57
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise------5:37-------5:37-------5:37-
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:44------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292522222019202225242321202123282928252019191923
Feels °C (?)272320221919212222191919191821252423241718191923
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