Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)1111988866109966666111010106699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87152184109825857739462604947354046363331313141198293
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
WSW
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
N
10
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
20
NW
20
N
20
NW
25
NW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.09
5:49PM
1.51
6:36AM
1.18
6:34PM
1.52
7:12AM
1.26
7:14PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.42
12:31AM
0.18
12:16PM
0.35
1:07AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.30
1:38AM
0.14
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise5:50-------5:48-------5:47-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:46-------5:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------111--------
Temp. °C121616171716141314182121201616161721212117141211
Feels °C (?)81512131313131111151618191313131316141611988
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Shelley Beach (calm at Killarney Vale wx 4 km from Shelley Beach). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 7s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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