Newport-Crosswaves surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 AEST
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Newport-Crosswaves surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Newport-Crosswaves sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Newport-Crosswaves today?

The current surf forecast for Newport-Crosswaves at 4PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
5
4
4
2
2
4
5
6
6
6
4
2
2
2
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)88884791010111111111111121212121213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6447463169735127117731509116812121761229325212897287631032043194721472972297228172730
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
5
ENE
30
SSE
30
S
15
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
1.40
8:09PM
1.65
8:34AM
1.35
8:51PM
1.71
9:24AM
1.28
9:35PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.09
2:33AM
0.05
2:27PM
0.12
3:24AM
0.02
3:09PM
0.19
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:16-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:29-------5:28----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----121-----------------
Temp. °C172326251917161513161817171614131216181717171514
Feels °C (?)14202424151213121013151314131110813151414141312
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