Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 06 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
20.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 4AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (07 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (07 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
NE
0.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.5
E
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)5556668677888888888881588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63575348591081122222762704081511241041041011271099294554236600
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NE
20
NE
35
ENE
35
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNE
30
NE
15
NW
15
SSW
20
W
20
W
15
SW
30
SSE
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
1.28
9:53AM
1.83
10:40PM
1.20
10:42AM
1.80
11:38PM
1.12
11:35AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
0.18
4:39PM
-0.04
4:10AM
0.25
5:35PM
0.01
4:59AM
0.34
Thu
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Sunrise----5:48-------5:48-------5:48---
Sunset-------7:23-------7:24-------7:25
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C191717151621232221211917192931252221191616201817
Feels °C (?)141314131520201717201916182829221920181211151211
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