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Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 26 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 1.8°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 7AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (26 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
2
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212121213121212111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1048987106077515561505140212671313128097612111005945836536568505281234185157125125
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28AM
1.35
2:30PM
1.12
3:31AM
1.40
3:50PM
1.02
4:38AM
1.47
5:16PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.46
8:42PM
0.30
10:09AM
0.43
9:45PM
0.35
11:32AM
0.35
10:54PM
0.38
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise--6:09-------6:09-------6:11-----
Sunset------8:01-------8:00-------8:00-
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222021212222212020202021212120201918182022222222
Feels °C (?)191719192020191919192021201919191918171820202124
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