Newcastle - The Wedge Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.92° S 151.80° E

Newcastle - The Wedge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle - The Wedge sea temperature is
17.3° C
1.2° 

Newcastle - The Wedge 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 - The Wedge today (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - The Wedge at 4AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

Table - waves today at Newcastle - The Wedge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
9
1.1
E
9
1
E
9
0.8
SE
9
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
6
0.7
ENE
6
1.1
E
6
1
E
6
0.9
E
7
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.3
ENE
6
0.3
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
128
199
162
93
79
62
56
39
98
84
70
30
20
20
13
12
7
7
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:04AM1.03m
1:52PM1.34m
2:06AM0.94m
2:52PM1.35m
Low Tide
7:31PM0.60m
6:59AM0.54m
8:45PM0.63m
7:47AM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:27
5:27
 mm
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
13
13
16
20
19
20
19
18
17
16
18
20
17
15
15
Feels °C
12
12
12
11
10
14
17
14
16
16
15
14
13
15
16
14
12
13
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