Sunset Surf Forecast

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

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.30° S 151.57° E)

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Sunset surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AEDT

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

Today's Sunset sea temperature is 20.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset at 8PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s
Evening (16 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SE	ESE	ESE	E	S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	5	5	6	6	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	204	509	926	477	589	447	270	136	114	293	163	120	321	311	303	266	201	130	72	53	34	34	54	99
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	W	ENE	S	SSE	SSE	S	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	E	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:32PM 1.37				6:31AM 1.18				6:24PM 1.36				7:09AM 1.28				7:08PM 1.34				7:42AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 0.51				12:14AM 0.24				12:16PM 0.44				12:53AM 0.22				1:05PM 0.37				1:25AM 0.21

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	29	33	21	20	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	17	16	17	19	21	21	19	26	30	14	21	13	14	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	16	16	16	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Sunset (fresh winds from the NE at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Sunset). 2.5m 7s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 4 minutes ago Sunset

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1 h 4 min ago

37 km/h

Cross-On

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