Newcastle Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.93° S 151.79° E

Newcastle Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle Beach sea temperature is
18.6°C
0.2° 

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 (19 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 17s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (19 Sep)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sat night, fresh winds from the S by Mon morning).

Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
17
0.5
S
17
0.5
S
17
0.7
S
10
0.4
SSE
16
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
11
0.7
S
10
0.4
SSE
18
0.5
SSE
18
0.6
SSE
18
0.5
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
17
0.6
S
11
0.7
S
11
1.2
S
5
1.5
SSE
6
1.7
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
144
144
151
99
91
61
60
41
41
42
47
79
100
112
182
243
172
100
54
79
112
61
130
240
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
20
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:45AM0.92m
2:03PM1.34m
3:16AM0.92m
3:09PM1.34m
4:36AM0.99m
4:11PM1.38m
Low Tide
7:03AM0.67m
9:25PM0.58m
8:16AM0.71m
10:30PM0.52m
9:34AM0.71m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:47
5:46
5:45
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5:45
5:46
5:46
 mm
Temp °C
17
15
15
22
26
26
25
22
20
20
18
22
28
30
29
26
22
19
20
27
22
17
16
16
Feels °C
12
10
10
17
22
22
21
18
16
17
14
18
24
25
24
22
16
13
14
21
16
13
12
13
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