Redhead Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Redhead surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 17 Nov 2025 AEDT

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Redhead surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Redhead sea temperature is 20.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Redhead today?

The current surf forecast for Redhead at 2PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (17 Nov)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

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	Monday 17						Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu 20
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	SW	S	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	10	5	6	7	7	7	5	7	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	6	72	23	52	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	18	22	7	32	44	36	27	64	91	241	226	531	130
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSE	SE	E	ENE	W	WSW	NW	E	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:16AM 1.35				7:26PM 1.13				7:51AM 1.41					8:07PM 1.10				8:26AM 1.46				8:47PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)			1:33PM 0.40				1:16AM 0.33					2:18PM 0.35			1:50AM 0.33					2:59PM 0.31				2:23AM 0.34

	Monday 17						Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu 20
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	22	21	19	19	16	15	16	20	20	20	19	19	17	14	17	22	21	23	23	22	19	19
Feels °C (?)	16	18	17	17	17	18	13	11	13	17	15	15	14	16	17	13	16	20	17	18	19	20	18	18

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