Newcastle - The Wedge Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.92° S 151.80° E

Newcastle - The Wedge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Newcastle - The Wedge sea temperature is
17.8° C
0.8° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Newcastle - The Wedge at 11PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (04 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
7
0.4
S
6
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
8
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
S
10
0.4
S
9
0.7
S
9
0.8
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.9
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
12
10
13
10
36
32
31
27
26
24
22
27
26
19
28
76
94
122
125
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
25
NW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SE
10
E
15
NE
15
N
Wind State
off
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
12:03PM1.40m
00:08AM1.34m
12:54PM1.43m
1:05AM1.22m
1:53PM1.46m
Low Tide
6:09PM0.48m
6:25AM0.36m
7:14PM0.50m
7:13AM0.42m
8:30PM0.51m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:16
 mm
Temp °C
17
17
16
14
12
10
9
12
16
17
16
14
12
10
10
11
14
15
14
13
Feels °C
14
14
13
10
7
5
4
8
13
14
9
8
8
6
7
8
11
12
9
8
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