Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Newcastle - The Wedge today (18 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Newcastle - The Wedge at 11PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Newcastle - The Wedge. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Mon morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 10 | SSE 16 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 11 | S 10 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 177 | 192 | 166 | 170 | 144 | 144 | 151 | 99 | 91 | 61 | 60 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 81 | 106 | 109 | 178 | 240 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross | off | off | off | off | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | off | off |
High Tide | 1:02PM1.36m | 1:45AM0.92m | 2:03PM1.34m | 3:16AM0.92m | 3:09PM1.34m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:08PM0.59m | 7:03AM0.67m | 9:25PM0.58m | 8:16AM0.71m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 25 |
Feels °C | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 8 | SSE 18 |
| kJ | 177 | 192 | 166 | 170 | 134 | 104 | 81 | 87 | 65 | 61 | 58 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 81 | 106 | 94 | 51 | 240 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SSE 18 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 19 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | S 8 |
| kJ | 86 | 61 | 103 | 107 | 78 | 60 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 69 | 109 | 178 | 30 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 18 | E 12 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | NE 4 | S 11 |
| kJ | 62 | 3 | 102 | 99 | 144 | 144 | 151 | 99 | 91 | 57 | 60 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 39 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ESE 8 | NE 4 | — | W 2 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 2 |
| kJ | — | 103 | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 30 | 81 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
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