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Shallows Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 AEDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Shallows today?
The current surf forecast for Shallows at 1PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (03 Dec) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
| Evening (03 Dec) | 3ft (0.9m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Shallows. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 302 | 264 | 229 | 142 | 108 | 69 | 52 | 51 | 56 | 39 | 39 | 63 | 100 | 90 | 64 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 49 | 123 | 107 | 91 | 69 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:14AM 1.71 | 7:45PM 1.22 | 8:02AM 1.81 | 8:42PM 1.20 | 8:50AM 1.87 | 9:38PM 1.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:53PM 0.10 | 1:29AM 0.18 | 2:47PM 0.00 | 2:17AM 0.20 | 3:40PM -0.05 | 3:05AM 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Sat 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:49 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 20 |
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