Shelley Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 30 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
24.7° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)99999888881614131216161615665666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33328624423819715811795938412657804613418317472536578413435
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
WNW
10
W
5
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
10
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
8:34AM
1.44
9:01PM
1.46
9:12AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
0.15
1:44AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
2:47PM
0.15
3:10AM
0.20
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-6:52-------6:51-------6:50------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202120202018182021212121201918212122212120202021
Feels °C (?)191918192018182020191919202019222020192020202121
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