Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 23 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
20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 4PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
0
3
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.4
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101010106710111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13312812836396969412512292909298117445643698604500410360286281235
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
WNW
10
SE
20
E
10
E
15
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
0
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
5
SSE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
1.69
11:33PM
1.13
11:24AM
1.66
12:21AM
1.11
12:05PM
1.61
1:13AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
0.32
4:47AM
0.56
6:22PM
0.34
5:30AM
0.63
7:08PM
0.36
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise5:39-------5:39-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:38-------7:39----
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
4------------------8----
Temp. °C192427242221201919202120191918181924272121222223
Feels °C (?)202427232421191818191817181918191924252422232222
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