Swansea Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 22 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Swansea Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Swansea Beach sea temperature is
23.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swansea Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Swansea Beach at 2PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)101010999966777777778889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)334868858176533562113144128127128107113124181197246270326380430
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
W
0
W
5
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
0
E
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
1.22
11:40PM
1.43
12:12PM
1.09
12:30AM
1.40
1:10PM
0.97
1:28AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
0.15
5:19PM
0.24
6:15AM
0.20
6:02PM
0.32
7:18AM
0.26
6:52PM
0.39
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:02-------7:00-------7:00----
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----11--------1-------
Temp. °C212324232222212120222323222221212123232322212019
Feels °C (?)222424232223232322232323222322222223222222222220
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