Newcastle - Stratts Spit surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 29 Jan 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
23.9° C
(Which is 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 8AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
E
1.4
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101010101075666667667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125122122139137137120969696766363555212611514614512294126252219
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
E
20
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
15
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
30
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50AM
1.65
6:43PM
1.12
6:55AM
1.75
7:49PM
1.19
7:52AM
1.83
8:42PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
0.36
12:09AM
0.48
1:52PM
0.25
1:14AM
0.43
2:43PM
0.17
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise--6:11-------6:13-------6:13-----
Sunset-----7:58-------7:58-------7:57--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121232323222221212123242423232220202426262523
Feels °C (?)212222232222222322242324232220212221222425242323
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