Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 14 Mar 2026 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
23.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 11AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (14 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)991010109998999992018171616151414136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)845690787653492391281237190124119931017750755349242740029620619512584
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
1.31
6:31PM
0.98
6:24AM
1.39
7:13PM
1.08
7:08AM
1.47
7:51PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
0.38
11:56PM
0.51
1:13PM
0.28
12:48AM
0.43
1:48PM
0.19
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:13-------7:12-------7:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121212121212019181720212221201917162023232221
Feels °C (?)161718181919191818181720191918191817162021211920
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