Newport Reef surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 22 Aug 2025 AEST
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Newport Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Newport Reef sea temperature is
19.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Newport Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Newport Reef at 2AM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (23 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (23 Aug)10ft (3.0m)8s

Table - waves today at Newport Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Fri
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
3
3
3
1
2
2
4
3
3
4
4
4
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)99991010978899999988999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)33141228100181386782861112201145142116921567159713151147910867972233322161768684508432
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.64
8:15AM
1.20
8:16PM
1.62
8:52AM
1.25
8:53PM
1.56
9:27AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.08
1:54PM
0.26
2:50AM
0.09
2:37PM
0.26
3:21AM
0.12
3:18PM
0.27
Fri
22
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Sunrise----6:24-------6:24-------6:22---
Sunset-------5:30-------5:30-------5:30
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
52-----1----------------
Temp. °C141414131215181716151414121316161513111010131616
Feels °C (?)12121210101113111110986710109976691314
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  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 16 km from Newport Reef has become light (calm at Davidson). Waves should be turning clean at Newport Reef. A 2.6m swell from the ENE

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