Newcastle - Stratts Spit surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 08 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
24.0° 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 4PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (08 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
1.2
S
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)999578888777777788888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1038074714435726205665084184053962722281881691731641641431101079178
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
1.27
12:44AM
1.48
12:53PM
1.16
1:27AM
1.44
1:40PM
1.06
2:17AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.48
6:13PM
0.45
7:11AM
0.57
6:45PM
0.54
8:07AM
0.63
7:24PM
0.62
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
Sunrise6:46-------6:47-------6:47-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:19-------7:17----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1322442222221-----------
Temp. °C222223232222222222222323232322212122232323222120
Feels °C (?)232222221919191919202222222322212121222324232322
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