Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 27 Mar 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
24.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 2AM is: 6.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 5.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)20ft (6.0m)14s
Afternoon (28 Mar)18ft (5.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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0
0
0
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1
1
2
2
2
2
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
4
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
6
S
6
S
5.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)9131414141313131212121211111111101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9535769174981653214161133461093679166488544952344579367822331931158513191010817611455368318267
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:24PM
1.00
5:17AM
1.45
6:25PM
1.09
6:18AM
1.47
7:12PM
1.20
7:09AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.52
12:14PM
0.22
11:56PM
0.45
1:02PM
0.18
12:54AM
0.37
1:41PM
0.15
Fri
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:53-------6:52
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C161716151416192019191616151820202020201919202121
Feels °C (?)7899810121414151313121518171819201919202019
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