Nobbys Reef surf break

Nobbys Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 23 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Nobbys Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nobbys Reef sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nobbys Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nobbys Reef at 8PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)--
Afternoon (23 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (23 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
1.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.7
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
0.8
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)141310109111010101010101010999999991515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1013927545393484694324244182793262671132352201991971269999747476172
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ENE
20
NE
5
NE
5
NW
10
W
5
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
0
ENE
5
ESE
15
E
25
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
1.24
10:33AM
1.63
10:59PM
1.18
11:09AM
1.60
11:42PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:28PM
0.31
4:02AM
0.37
5:09PM
0.34
4:34AM
0.44
5:54PM
0.39
5:08AM
0.53
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Sunrise------6:01-------6:01-------6:00-
Sunset-7:09-------7:10-------7:12------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717171716151921181817171716181919191817161726
Feels °C (?)141413141716141817141615161717181716151716141422
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 1 km away suggest it is still onshore at Nobbys Reef (moderate winds from the ESE at Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station). 1.9m 10s swell from the S with a 0.5m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 45 min ago

24 km/h
ESE
Onshore
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