Newcastle Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.93° S 151.79° E

Newcastle Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Newcastle Beach sea temperature is
19.1°C
0.1° 

Newcastle Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 4AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (01 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
14
0.7
S
14
0.6
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.9
ENE
7
0.4
SSE
11
1.1
ENE
6
1.4
NE
7
1.7
NE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
218
198
130
86
70
67
78
39
74
178
277
61
47
31
33
23
74
76
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
SSE
10
SE
5
S
10
S
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:45PM1.27m
11:03AM1.64m
11:43PM1.16m
12:00PM1.61m
Low Tide
4:47PM0.24m
4:32AM0.36m
5:47PM0.30m
5:21AM0.45m
6:57PM0.35m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
20
19
18
18
18
24
27
25
22
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20
25
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19
19
Feels °C
15
16
14
14
14
20
22
19
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