Soldiers Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.29° S 151.57° E)

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Soldiers Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 11 Oct 2025 AEDT

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Soldiers Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Soldiers Beach sea temperature is 20.9° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Soldiers Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Soldiers Beach at 5PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

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	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	SW	SSW	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	6	9	9	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	56	36	37	52	55	82	50	64	64	50	50	42	70	42	40	40	40	42	44	151	562	845	641	546
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	ENE	ESE	E	WNW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NW	W	WNW	W	SSW	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	NE	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:51AM 1.65				12:44AM 1.07				12:49PM 1.57				1:58AM 0.98				1:57PM 1.48					3:23AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)	5:19AM 0.29				6:43PM 0.14				6:10AM 0.40				7:53PM 0.22				7:13AM 0.50					9:11PM 0.26

	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	27	27	26	22	22	21	19	19	27	30	25	19	16	15	15	15	20	19	16	15	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	17	23	23	22	20	19	17	15	15	23	26	19	12	13	14	12	12	17	13	11	12	13	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Soldiers Beach (light winds from the ENE at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 25 km from Soldiers Beach). 0.7m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 7s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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25 km away, 1 h 36 min ago

11 km/h

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20.9

Air / Water (°C)

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