Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 30 Oct 2025 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shelley Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelley Beach at 6PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)--
Afternoon (30 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (30 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
2.2
ENE
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.2
ENE
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)12121212111110108885666777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19035933926619514613812710412713393137245222126134142475329258256183103
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SE
10
S
5
ESE
0
SE
5
W
5
WSW
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
15
ENE
15
ESE
5
SE
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:14PM
1.29
4:43AM
1.05
4:19PM
1.31
5:33AM
1.19
5:18PM
1.35
6:18AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
0.31
10:07AM
0.59
11:08PM
0.23
11:16AM
0.50
11:52PM
0.16
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Sunrise------5:56-------5:54-------5:54-
Sunset-7:17-------7:19-------7:20------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------32------
Temp. °C181818181717171919202019191919232220191817171719
Feels °C (?)161718191918181916181817181819222221181615151619
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