Swansea Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 04 Aug 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
18.3° 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 8AM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (04 Aug)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Wednesday
06
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
E
4
E
4
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212121212121313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)637748614267401938123542340432112972284126472517251823022322221024222393222319421713140712621122
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
NE
10
NNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
0.73
4:31PM
1.14
5:11AM
0.75
5:22PM
1.22
6:10AM
0.80
6:09PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
0.48
9:21AM
0.43
11:34PM
0.41
10:19AM
0.42
12:21AM
0.31
11:17AM
0.39
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Wednesday
06
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:39-----
Sunset-----5:15-------5:16-------5:17--
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Rain (mm)
11-11------------------1
Temp. °C171717171817171615151416191918171514121416171615
Feels °C (?)13131314151516161414131417181714121191112131312
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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). 3.7m 12s groundswell from the ESE which is too big for here.

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Actual: 41 min ago

2 km/h
S
Clean
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