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Lat Long: 32.92° S 151.80° E

Newcastle - The Wedge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle - The Wedge sea temperature is
20.0°C
1.0° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - The Wedge at 7PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (08 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (08 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sat night, min 12°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SE
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
710
577
474
413
371
216
360
368
800
890
873
687
555
411
349
276
211
178
123
98
67
51
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
ENE
20
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
5
NE
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:32AM1.42m
7:39PM1.59m
8:12AM1.51m
8:23PM1.55m
8:49AM1.58m
9:04PM1.49m
Low Tide
1:27PM0.33m
1:59AM0.18m
2:15PM0.25m
2:34AM0.18m
3:00PM0.22m
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
13
12
17
18
18
18
18
16
16
18
21
24
24
25
25
Feels °C
12
12
12
13
13
14
14
12
11
16
14
13
14
16
15
16
17
20
23
22
25
25
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