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Shallows surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 12 Dec 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
23.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Shallows today?

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 7AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (12 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (12 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.5
E
2.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)1312121212121211111111111176667777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55109148233278273264250292410345188382153120131100919680127218437232
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
E
20
E
25
ENE
30
NE
10
W
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
0
NNE
20
E
30
NE
15
NE
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25AM
1.15
3:02PM
1.22
4:20AM
1.21
4:02PM
1.11
5:10AM
1.29
5:03PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04AM
0.58
9:40PM
0.29
10:22AM
0.58
10:24PM
0.34
11:32AM
0.53
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise--5:37-------5:37-------5:37-----
Sunset-----7:54-------7:54-------7:55--
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2211111---------11------
Temp. °C202020212120201919181821212222212019202626252420
Feels °C (?)192021201918191820191922192019212120212825222414
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