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Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 25 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
21.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 5AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)9999991111111010101010101010101067775
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1991681681301271241101461431741331331309898987373497411110213581
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
30
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
WNW
10
WSW
10
N
10
NNE
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
S
5
W
20
ESE
10
E
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
5
SW
10
E
25
ENE
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
0.96
12:37PM
1.40
1:56AM
0.99
1:29PM
1.35
2:58AM
1.05
2:28PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:53PM
0.28
6:03AM
0.55
7:42PM
0.28
7:03AM
0.59
8:32PM
0.26
8:15AM
0.61
Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise----5:37-------5:37-------5:37---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:42-------7:43
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282524222531283028252321232832252321201920212323
Feels °C (?)282022212428293028252220212730222319191821201918
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