Stockton Beach surf break

Stockton Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 26 Aug 2025 AEST
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Stockton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Stockton Beach sea temperature is
17.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Stockton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Stockton Beach at 12PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (26 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (26 Aug)8ft (2.4m)11s

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

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Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
!
!
2
2
2
3
1
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)101010101110101010101010111111111111121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)71162561917382062696609530530467408432403411382296301313382388409349281237
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
N
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WSW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
1.42
10:15PM
1.44
10:48AM
1.41
10:49PM
1.32
11:25AM
1.39
11:24PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.21
4:12PM
0.37
4:31AM
0.27
4:52PM
0.43
5:01AM
0.34
5:37PM
0.50
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Fri
29
Sunrise6:18-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:31----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131720211816151414212219151213121114181915131211
Feels °C (?)111519201615131211171714967557111310876
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Stockton Beach (light winds from the NNE at Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station 2 km from Stockton Beach). 2.0m 9s swell from the E which is too big for here.

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Actual: 56 min ago

9 km/h
NNE
Clean
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