Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
22.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 4PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (02 Dec)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (02 Dec)8ft (2.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
1
NE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)789999888887757999945677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211458694904982972512341295251168109645163848239394011513928783
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
S
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
15
S
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
NW
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
1.57
6:46PM
1.22
7:15AM
1.70
7:45PM
1.22
8:02AM
1.80
8:43PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.23
12:40AM
0.16
1:52PM
0.10
1:28AM
0.17
2:46PM
-0.00
2:17AM
0.20
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise5:37-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:47-------7:49-------7:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151718181818161416181920191918161721222323232223
Feels °C (?)91011121214131215151415151617161719191919212020
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