Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 06 Mar 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
23.7° 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 2PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
3
3
1
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.7
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)889998889999999997777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169192193227429423268450402251203311470274237222184173166285432426363389
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
SE
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
1.38
11:16PM
1.43
11:27AM
1.26
11:51PM
1.40
12:05PM
1.14
12:29AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
0.20
5:29AM
0.28
5:29PM
0.28
6:13AM
0.35
5:59PM
0.37
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:22-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------167347554543
Temp. °C222424252524232322232525242422212120212222222222
Feels °C (?)252626272725242524242525262524212020212019202223
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