Swansea Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 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
25.4° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than 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: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)--
Afternoon (03 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (03 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
S
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
ENE
0.5
SE
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)99998888856666101069666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5674993962581421017886719717017719311898604537348692442944
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
20
E
10
SE
0
SE
15
SE
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
1.17
10:52AM
1.47
11:28PM
1.19
11:33AM
1.36
12:08AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:46PM
0.01
4:36AM
0.18
5:24PM
0.05
5:23AM
0.21
6:00PM
0.10
6:10AM
0.27
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------6:18-------6:18-------6:20-
Sunset-7:55-------7:54-------7:53------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121201919192223232220191920282925242322212123
Feels °C (?)191918171717172020191918191919282626282423212226
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