Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.92° S 151.80° E

Newcastle - Stratts Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle - Stratts Spit sea temperature is
21.0°C
1.2° 

Newcastle - Stratts Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Newcastle - Stratts Spit today (02 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 6AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
S
10
0.7
S
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
S
9
0.8
ENE
5
1.2
NE
6
0.4
S
9
0.9
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
1.6
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
34
46
65
67
31
31
30
27
31
86
25
41
124
68
182
141
105
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
0
SE
15
E
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
35
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
20
S
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
3:12AM1.14m
3:04PM1.55m
4:26AM1.20m
4:17PM1.50m
Low Tide
8:59PM0.32m
8:35AM0.63m
10:06PM0.32m
9:58AM0.61m
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Temp °C
19
19
18
18
18
19
21
20
19
18
18
18
19
22
23
22
21
21
Feels °C
19
19
18
19
19
21
20
18
16
16
18
17
18
22
19
19
20
19
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