Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 5AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)99677778888888766511118887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)48453546423121329210289625235393656659217517314113363
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
5
SE
15
SE
0
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
E
25
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.95
3:49PM
1.44
5:00AM
1.00
4:55PM
1.47
5:53AM
1.09
5:49PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
0.52
10:55PM
0.27
10:22AM
0.49
11:49PM
0.22
11:24AM
0.42
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise--5:52-------5:50-------5:50-----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:45-------5:46--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919222525232120191822222019161413131517171615
Feels °C (?)1716161821201918181816202117191310891215161212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Shelley Beach (light winds from the NNW at Killarney Vale wx 4 km from Shelley Beach). 0.5m 5s windswell from the NE with a 0.2m 9s swell from the S and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 50 min ago

13 km/h
NNW
Offshore
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