- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Newcastle - Stratts Spit Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Newcastle - Stratts Spit surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Newcastle - Stratts Spit today?
The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 3PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 8ft (2.5m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Newcastle - Stratts Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 240 | 87 | 90 | 151 | 671 | 477 | 147 | 101 | 73 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 83 | 193 | 331 | 301 | 392 | 333 | 349 | 171 | 107 | 69 | 46 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:50AM 1.16 | 5:33PM 1.48 | 6:38AM 1.26 | 6:28PM 1.47 | 7:16AM 1.35 | 7:13PM 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:13AM 0.62 | 12:20AM 0.33 | 12:17PM 0.55 | 12:59AM 0.30 | 1:08PM 0.46 | 1:33AM 0.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:06 | - | - | - | - |
 | | |  |  |  | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
The wind is still cross-on at Newcastle - Stratts Spit (moderate winds from the E at Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station 1 km from Newcastle - Stratts Spit). 1.4m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.4m 8s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 53 min ago
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Newcastle - Stratts Spit surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest