Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 04 Jul 2025 AEST
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Shallows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shallows sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 10AM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (04 Jul)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (04 Jul)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
SSW
1
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010991010101010109999988888888888867887777661010111010109101111111111131211111078
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)430516291381122811931032872934975873759598508425355283269234162152124125108104787672614439108165239216179124101716250423646688257403645447691911041371259888131170
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
SSW
10
S
0
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
1.04
3:35PM
1.28
3:31AM
0.97
4:22PM
1.33
4:35AM
0.94
5:08PM
1.39
5:34AM
0.94
5:52PM
1.45
6:27AM
0.96
6:34PM
1.51
7:13AM
0.99
7:16PM
1.57
7:56AM
1.02
7:56PM
1.62
8:38AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
0.39
10:05PM
0.56
9:27AM
0.42
11:07PM
0.50
10:15AM
0.44
12:00AM
0.43
11:04AM
0.44
12:46AM
0.35
11:52AM
0.42
1:28AM
0.28
12:37PM
0.40
2:08AM
0.22
1:20PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.17
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset-----4:58-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00------
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Rain (mm)
----------------------21------------------------------------
Temp. °C121010121516151413121111151716141413131418181515131211131717151311109121415151414131113161614121099111414111010111011
Feels °C (?)877912141412111089131615121312101216171414108781213119864689989768101098644687322334
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