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Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 02 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
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 9AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (02 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (02 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
0.7
SE
0.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.2
NE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)121211111111999998888886686677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)341330297286200176213147141117112103856664747686925945145440208
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
15
NE
10
N
5
NW
15
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.79
8:37PM
1.12
8:40AM
1.85
9:30PM
1.14
9:29AM
1.86
10:20PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
0.26
2:42PM
0.02
2:03AM
0.25
3:33PM
-0.03
2:55AM
0.24
4:22PM
-0.05
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Sunrise--5:48-------5:48-------5:48-----
Sunset------8:06-------8:07-------8:07-
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1----1-81-
Temp. °C181818191919191919191920212120202019192223222322
Feels °C (?)161616161717171818181818191817172020212221192323
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