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Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 07 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
22.3° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
NE
2.2
NE
Period(s) (?)999995566655677778788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272625252549467969295194209251420428371173272557753635878655
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
1.61
12:44AM
1.18
12:32PM
1.46
1:34AM
1.19
1:18PM
1.29
2:25AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
0.35
6:34PM
0.10
6:18AM
0.42
7:14PM
0.18
7:15AM
0.50
7:53PM
0.26
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212324242322212021262524232221202024252524242223
Feels °C (?)252524232121222120242221202020191922222221232222
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