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Pelican Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Pelican Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 13 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Pelican Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Pelican Beach at 2PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (13 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 6s |
| Evening (13 Oct) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Pelican Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thu 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 43 | 43 | 51 | 167 | 554 | 755 | 654 | 474 | 524 | 443 | 371 | 314 | 262 | 207 | 146 | 113 | 86 | 142 | 108 | 111 | 111 | 78 | 49 | 49 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:57PM 1.48 | 3:23AM 0.96 | 3:13PM 1.41 | 4:43AM 1.00 | 4:28PM 1.38 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:13AM 0.50 | 9:11PM 0.26 | 8:33AM 0.56 | 10:25PM 0.27 | 10:00AM 0.56 | 11:27PM 0.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thu 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Wind reports 4 km away suggest it is still onshore at Pelican Beach (moderate winds from the SSE at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station). 0.9m 4s local chop from the S with a 0.5m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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