Sunset surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 05 Jul 2025 AEST
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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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sunset today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset at 12AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (06 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (06 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Sat
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sun
13
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
E
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
S
2.3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)999888888888899997777710101010101010101010101010101111111111111015679101010999101099888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)35430625829020617215913112990908870635554631321501271178868544740373645464444394060606367707677908682283357724102126272675255323692369936858646484353264221
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
1.33
4:35AM
0.93
5:08PM
1.39
5:35AM
0.94
5:52PM
1.45
6:27AM
0.96
6:35PM
1.51
7:14AM
0.99
7:16PM
1.57
7:57AM
1.02
7:56PM
1.62
8:38AM
1.05
8:35PM
1.66
9:19AM
1.09
9:14PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
0.50
10:16AM
0.44
12:00AM
0.42
11:04AM
0.44
12:46AM
0.35
11:51AM
0.42
1:28AM
0.28
12:36PM
0.40
2:08AM
0.22
1:19PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.17
2:01PM
0.35
3:25AM
0.13
2:44PM
0.34
Sat
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sun
13
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:01----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C17161514131417181816141312141717151312111013161716141514131519191514131111131616141110991115151210101091014151412109
Feels °C (?)14141412121214151612108681214111098691011108998111415111010767101076422489644557121311954
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