Stockton Beach Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.90° S 151.79° E)

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Stockton Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEDT

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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 20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Stockton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Stockton Beach at 5PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (17 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

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	Friday 17						Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon 20
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	291	73	55	54	85	107	73	200	220	212	207	122	69	63	69	52	70	88	89	65	84	97	178	152
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NE	NNW	SW	S	S	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:38AM 1.26				6:28PM 1.47				7:16AM 1.35				7:13PM 1.45				7:50AM 1.44				7:53PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			12:17PM 0.55				12:59AM 0.30				1:08PM 0.46				1:33AM 0.28				1:52PM 0.39					2:03AM 0.27

	Friday 17						Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Mon 20
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	28	32	23	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	21	19	17	16	17
Feels °C (?)	18	25	29	25	17	18	15	15	14	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	17	14	15	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Stockton Beach (light winds from the NNW at Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station 2 km from Stockton Beach). 0.9m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.3m 7s swell, also from the ENE and a 0.2m 11s groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
46 minutes ago Stockton Beach

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Actual: 46 min ago

19 km/h

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Cross-Off

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