Newcastle - Stratts Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.92° S 151.80° E

Newcastle - Stratts Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle - Stratts Spit sea temperature is
18.6° C
0.1° 

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 (14 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 8PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)--
Afternoon (14 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (14 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
19
0.1
S
16
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.6
S
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.9
S
6
1.7
S
7
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.4
S
9
2.1
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.9
SSE
7
2.1
S
7
1.9
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.3
S
8
1.8
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
7
1
S
7
0.9
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
5
12
10
24
36
60
311
1098
1238
909
608
441
394
449
419
619
634
391
263
193
150
93
73
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
NNW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:15PM1.95m
9:04AM1.33m
9:04PM1.94m
9:52AM1.37m
9:52PM1.87m
Low Tide
1:41PM0.37m
3:03AM0.09m
2:35PM0.36m
3:50AM0.09m
3:28PM0.36m
4:35AM0.12m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:52
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:02
5:02
5:04
5:04
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
3
2
1
1
Temp °C
17
18
17
14
13
12
13
14
15
15
15
16
16
15
11
14
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
12
14
12
10
9
7
8
7
8
9
10
11
10
10
6
9
12
12
13
13
13
12
13
13
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