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Newcastle - Stratts Spit surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 07 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
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 2PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
2.4
NE
1.9
NE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)997995556545666777778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2826152525306641362324911561469783194178200498439682485365
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
ESE
15
E
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
1.71
12:49AM
1.32
12:42PM
1.56
1:35AM
1.31
1:25PM
1.40
2:22AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.44
6:40PM
0.21
6:30AM
0.51
7:20PM
0.30
7:23AM
0.58
7:57PM
0.37
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise5:50-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:05-------8:05---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212424252422212020282727242320192027282826242223
Feels °C (?)242624242220212120272324202219181925242423232121
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