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Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 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
22.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 12AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
SE
1.4
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
1.7
SE
2.3
SSE
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111111111111117899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6778469619438467927058468788628627717007006774761015485589481870465356356
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
N
5
N
0
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40PM
1.14
10:34AM
1.63
11:18PM
1.18
11:10AM
1.58
11:59PM
1.23
11:50AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
0.33
5:16PM
0.09
4:52AM
0.35
5:50PM
0.10
5:38AM
0.38
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset8:05-------8:04-------8:04-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019181821212120201919202222191919191919202020
Feels °C (?)201918171720191919201920212118131515151515171717
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