Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 27 Nov 2025 AEDT
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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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 7PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)--
Afternoon (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
1.1
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.3
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)10109101010111111411111111111111111177888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9824510173494983858267828284114114114151151149274285265301277
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
ESE
10
NE
5
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
ESE
25
E
35
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
N
10
NW
30
W
35
WSW
5
W
25
S
15
S
5
SSW
5
NW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:29PM
1.35
2:58AM
1.05
2:28PM
1.31
3:57AM
1.15
3:32PM
1.27
4:51AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.26
8:15AM
0.61
9:23PM
0.23
9:34AM
0.58
10:14PM
0.20
10:49AM
0.50
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise------5:37-------5:37-------5:37-
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:44------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C292523222019202224242322202123282928252019191923
Feels °C (?)262322221819212221191921191820252422241718191923
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