Nobbys Reef surf break

Nobbys Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 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
22.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nobbys Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nobbys Reef at 8AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (22 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111188910910101010999999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)829743743634543441689815599535465683740584591487415344344294243197158154
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NW
10
NW
15
SSW
35
S
35
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ENE
20
E
35
ENE
35
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
1.34
11:17AM
1.70
12:01AM
1.36
11:59AM
1.61
12:43AM
1.39
12:44PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.42
5:54PM
0.20
5:45AM
0.43
6:31PM
0.24
6:36AM
0.45
7:10PM
0.30
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:07-----
Sunset------8:01-------8:00-------8:00-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191719242220202020192020212120202019192223232221
Feels °C (?)191719231815161616161718191817181920202222191919
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