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 4 am Wednesday 19 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 21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 8AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (19 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	7s

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

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	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	S	ENE	S	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ENE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Period(s) (?)	5	10	7	10	7	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	83	51	34	29	59	133	335	256	326	133	81	63	81	44	71	130	250	270	293	379	417	397	372	313
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	NW	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	SSW	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				8:22AM 1.63				8:40PM 1.22				8:56AM 1.68				9:21PM 1.20				9:32AM 1.71				10:03PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	1:48AM 0.36					2:54PM 0.35				2:21AM 0.37				3:33PM 0.32				2:56AM 0.39				4:14PM 0.31

	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	16	15	17	23	23	24	23	22	19	18	20	22	21	20	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19
Feels °C (?)	15	14	15	21	20	19	19	20	18	17	19	22	20	17	18	16	15	16	17	15	15	15	15	16

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