Pelican Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 25 Aug 2025 AEST
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Pelican Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pelican Beach sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pelican Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pelican Beach at 12PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (25 Aug)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (25 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Pelican Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.5
E
2.1
E
2.4
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)998101011101010101011111110101010101010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)78466750466410681358127610908698528562446294826112283831698692625561510503504461
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
25
N
30
NNW
35
NW
20
NW
35
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
1.31
9:28PM
1.48
10:00AM
1.34
10:03PM
1.37
10:35AM
1.34
10:39PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
0.27
3:50AM
0.16
3:58PM
0.31
4:19AM
0.22
4:41PM
0.36
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
Sunrise6:20-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:31----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151517171717161514161920181716151821221614141413
Feels °C (?)1213161617161514121316171514131113151897876
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pelican Beach (light winds from the WSW at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Pelican Beach). 1.8m 9s swell from the S with a 0.9m 9s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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WSW
Clean
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