Newcastle - Stratts Spit Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Newcastle - Stratts Spit surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 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 20.9° 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: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Afternoon (18 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (18 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s

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

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	Mon 17		Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	ENE	NE	S	ENE	S	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	5	8	9	9	9	8	7	5	6	10	7	9	7	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	193	52	29	240	220	196	146	57	38	33	72	32	35	27	36	80	220	429	335	130	87	63	72	26
Wind (km/h)	S	WNW	WSW	WSW	NW	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	SW	SSW	S	SE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:20PM 1.25				7:48AM 1.56				8:00PM 1.23					8:22AM 1.63				8:40PM 1.22				8:56AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			1:15AM 0.37					2:14PM 0.40			1:48AM 0.36					2:54PM 0.35				2:21AM 0.37				3:33PM 0.32

	Mon 17		Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	17	16	14	15	20	20	20	19	18	15	14	17	23	23	24	23	22	19	19	19	22	23	20
Feels °C (?)	16	14	12	10	12	18	16	15	14	15	13	12	15	21	20	19	19	20	18	18	19	23	22	19

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