Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 06 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
24.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 5AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (07 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.5
ENE
1.7
NE
0.7
ENE
1
E
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)888999856699999778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)206172153344449701471211311101581291259974146246408258265324335355345
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
W
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
1.54
11:39AM
1.39
12:06AM
1.52
12:14PM
1.27
12:44AM
1.48
12:53PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
0.30
5:41AM
0.40
5:43PM
0.37
6:24AM
0.48
6:13PM
0.45
7:11AM
0.57
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:45-------6:46-------6:47---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:20-------7:19
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------111121144443222
Temp. °C252423222125262624242322222324232222222223242424
Feels °C (?)262524242327252424252525222324232222222224252324
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