Swansea Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
18.4° 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 9PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
1
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSE
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)1098566610106666611101010610691111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2731811071031261037390645851753433375149315030160392451319
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
1.36
6:40AM
1.07
6:42PM
1.39
7:19AM
1.17
7:25PM
1.39
7:55AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
0.39
12:32AM
0.17
12:18PM
0.31
1:12AM
0.14
1:08PM
0.25
1:47AM
0.12
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------5:48-------5:47-------5:45-
Sunset-5:45-------5:46-------5:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------21----------
Temp. °C171817161514131822222019151416202222171413111016
Feels °C (?)141514131313111618181818141212161617139108612
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Swansea Beach (calm at Warners Bay 13 km from Swansea Beach). 1.1m 9s swell from the S with a 0.8m 4s local chop from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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