Newcastle Beach surf break

Newcastle Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 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
24.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Newcastle Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle Beach at 1PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
5.5
SSW
6.5
S
6.5
S
Period(s) (?)99910101212121212121212121111111110710121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2702762883073867389641056105410391141112211601018750572494366236638158581101556214477
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
SSW
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
SSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
35
W
35
W
45
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffoffoffcross-
on
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
1.15
2:47AM
1.62
3:57PM
1.12
4:04AM
1.60
5:23PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
0.43
8:03PM
0.61
9:53AM
0.45
9:21PM
0.66
11:13AM
0.42
10:44PM
0.65
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------
Sunset---6:58-------6:57-------6:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1432---11---
Temp. °C192123232221201919252724211819171514151516161414
Feels °C (?)20232323222121191925262320171714106767878
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