Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
24.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (24 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
ENE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)656667666777776677788777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)498614218815522616280728210512811199139239332397468481459495504544
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
E
5
ESE
5
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
10
SSE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crossoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25PM
1.02
3:03AM
1.43
3:53PM
0.95
4:19AM
1.45
5:23PM
0.96
5:33AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:12PM
0.40
10:03AM
0.38
9:25PM
0.46
11:27AM
0.32
10:46PM
0.47
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:37-------6:37-------6:39-
Sunset-7:36-------7:35-------7:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------13343346553124
Temp. °C242424232221212323242423232121232323232222222222
Feels °C (?)232222212222232424262626262120232222222324242321
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