Newcastle - Stratts Spit Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.92° S 151.80° E

Issued: 3 pm 04 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle - Stratts Spit sea temperature is
19.0° C

Normal for this time of year

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 (04 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - Stratts Spit at 9PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)--
Afternoon (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).

Sat
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tue
7
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)
2
1
1
0
2
3
1
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
!
!
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
11
1
S
10
1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
1.8
S
12
1.7
S
12
3
S
11
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
348
181
162
159
126
870
800
2207
2155
1693
3555
2641
2128
1630
1412
1299
1184
1209
1249
1293
1320
1490
1968
2349
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:22AM1.27m
11:05PM1.61m
12:03PM1.29m
11:48PM1.53m
12:47PM1.32m
00:36AM1.43m
Low Tide
4:49PM0.60m
5:51AM0.31m
5:38PM0.61m
6:29AM0.35m
6:33PM0.62m
7:10AM0.38m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:58
4:58
4:58
4:59
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
15
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
16
16
16
16
15
14
15
Feels °C
13
12
14
13
14
12
9
9
8
9
9
9
10
10
10
11
10
11
11
11
11
10
9
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
11
1
S
10
1
S
9
1
S
9
0.9
S
9
1
S
9
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
1.4
SSE
15
0.3
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.1
E
14
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
Energy kJ
348
181
162
159
126
153
21
12
12
811
30
13
14
14
16
16
16
4
12
13
14
13
1520
1550
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
13
0.4
SSE
12
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.5
S
12
0.7
S
12
0.3
E
8
0.2
E
13
1.1
SE
14
Energy kJ
30
51
26
25
72
137
12
14
404
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
12
0.2
ENE
7
0.2
ENE
7
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
11
Energy kJ
29
27
5
5
23
21
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
S
12
1.7
S
12
3
S
11
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
11
Energy kJ
870
800
2207
2155
1693
3555
2641
2128
1630
1412
1299
1184
1209
1249
1293
1320
1490
1968
2349
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
3
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
10
0
2
0
2
10
125
97
240
395
240
240
293
280
293
260
221
221
97
44
44
44
44
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
9
9
9
9
8
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
8
8
8
8
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
9
9
9
8
6
5
5
6
6
6
5
5
8
8
8
8
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