Newcastle - Stratts Spit surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Newcastle - Stratts Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Newcastle - Stratts Spit sea temperature is
24.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Newcastle - Stratts Spit today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 6PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)11111110101010101099999988881616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)334625951780148911869907886245174523853262802381861471171149313112912790267
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
S
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
1.65
7:16PM
1.36
7:17AM
1.66
7:58PM
1.46
8:04AM
1.65
8:35PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.32
12:59AM
0.49
1:48PM
0.29
1:51AM
0.41
2:25PM
0.27
2:36AM
0.35
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:50----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161920212121201919202120202020181820212222212120
Feels °C (?)131617181919191919192019181920181821202120202121
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