Newcastle - The Wedge surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Newcastle - The Wedge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Newcastle - The Wedge sea temperature is
22.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Newcastle - The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - The Wedge at 5PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
NE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
1
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)669968889999678888777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3022252323212123242424311031721358763451052047261711
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
SE
15
NE
10
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
15
SW
5
SE
10
N
5
WSW
5
NE
10
ENE
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoncrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
1.56
12:11AM
1.55
12:26PM
1.43
12:59AM
1.55
1:20PM
1.29
1:56AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31AM
0.32
5:54PM
0.26
6:22AM
0.36
6:34PM
0.33
7:23AM
0.41
7:21PM
0.42
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:36----
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---32--------------1----
Temp. °C222928242223222121262727272424232425262323232121
Feels °C (?)232928252325242424282625272628262728282323242122
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