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Sunset Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Sunset surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Sunset today?
The current surf forecast for Sunset at 2PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (27 Aug) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 10s |
| Evening (27 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Sunset. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 847 | 712 | 653 | 619 | 561 | 504 | 469 | 426 | 438 | 465 | 514 | 582 | 775 | 411 | 369 | 299 | 261 | 198 | 157 | 171 | 161 | 159 | 107 | 119 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:35AM 1.34 | 10:39PM 1.25 | 11:11AM 1.33 | 11:16PM 1.13 | 11:51AM 1.30 | 11:59PM 1.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:19AM 0.22 | 4:41PM 0.36 | 4:48AM 0.30 | 5:26PM 0.42 | 5:18AM 0.37 | 6:17PM 0.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 5:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:32 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | -1 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
The wind is still offshore at Sunset (light winds from the W at Norah Head Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Sunset). A 1.7m swell from the ENE
Actual: 40 min ago
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