Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm 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
23.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 2AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (10 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
3
2
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)991514141413136131313131313131414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7881123160160195187181181176176168166173212222400394388430413413413420
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
5
W
5
N
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
15
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
5
SSE
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
1.25
2:50PM
0.89
2:36AM
1.25
4:00PM
0.96
3:40AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.61
8:43AM
0.45
7:53PM
0.64
9:46AM
0.41
9:14PM
0.61
10:36AM
0.33
Thu
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----6:11-------6:11-------6:13---
Sunset-------5:37-------5:37-------5:36
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222221212224272626252322202224242118151312162021
Feels °C (?)2222202022232525252423211919212217121097101414
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