Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
22.9° 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 1PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)9999991514141413136713131313131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1117985787881123160160195187181200228176168166163356222327394388436
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
SW
10
W
15
W
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28PM
0.88
1:26AM
1.25
2:50PM
0.89
2:36AM
1.25
4:00PM
0.96
3:40AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.46
6:35PM
0.61
8:43AM
0.45
7:53PM
0.64
9:46AM
0.41
9:14PM
0.61
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset---5:39-------5:37-------5:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192224232222212122262928272624212022242521181513
Feels °C (?)20232322212221212126272626252420181821221612118
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