Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 19 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 slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 4PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (19 Jul)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
0.9
SE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)666666777777888999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)157121121105847268565162414695133163216224220219211205550286287
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
15
S
15
S
5
ENE
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WSW
5
S
5
E
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassoffglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
1.45
3:34AM
1.05
4:15PM
1.53
4:51AM
1.02
5:14PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
0.28
9:53PM
0.39
9:24AM
0.33
11:08PM
0.30
10:27AM
0.35
12:12AM
0.21
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tue
22
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:50-------
Sunset---5:06-------5:06-------5:07----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111314151513121110111314151313131313141716161515
Feels °C (?)581013141110988911141111111112131714141212
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  1. weather stationWind Update calm at Merewether mean that is clean at Shallows. No surfable waves

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Actual: 45 min ago

2 km/h
SSW
Clean
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