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Redhead Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Redhead surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 AESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
22.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Redhead today?
The current surf forecast for Redhead at 3AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
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 kJ (?) | 1 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:08PM 1.53 | 8:35AM 1.31 | 8:50PM 1.58 | 9:23AM 1.24 | 9:35PM 1.58 | 10:13AM 1.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:30AM 0.15 | 2:27PM 0.23 | 3:21AM 0.13 | 3:08PM 0.27 | 4:15AM 0.15 | 3:52PM 0.33 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:25 |
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Rain (mm) | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 |
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