Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 AEDT
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Shelley Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shelley Beach sea temperature is
23.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 12PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (01 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
S
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
S
0.6
E
0.3
S
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)1312161616151413551161177777777756
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)524613418317472345249423922235459728849373444324350
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
5
N
5
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NW
10
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
1.44
9:01PM
1.46
9:12AM
1.38
9:33PM
1.51
9:49AM
1.31
10:04PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
0.24
2:47PM
0.15
3:10AM
0.20
3:17PM
0.18
3:50AM
0.19
3:46PM
0.23
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:50-------6:49-------6:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C201918202122212120191920212221212019182021212121
Feels °C (?)202019201920192021202020202220212120192020191919
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