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Redhead surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 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
22.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Redhead today?

The current surf forecast for Redhead at 11PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
SE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
1.9
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
SE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111789109101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7427999069068298147006345821189596622574490406363251196838172494832
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
NW
5
W
20
SSW
30
S
40
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
1.12
11:16AM
1.45
11:58PM
1.15
11:58AM
1.37
12:40AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.07
4:58AM
0.28
5:53PM
0.10
5:46AM
0.30
6:31PM
0.15
6:38AM
0.33
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:07-
Sunset--8:02-------8:01-------8:01-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121202017192222202019202020202021202020191922
Feels °C (?)191920191917192018141615161718181819171819202022
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