Terrigal Haven surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Terrigal Haven surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Terrigal Haven sea temperature is
22.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Terrigal Haven today?

The current surf forecast for Terrigal Haven at 4PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

Table - waves today at Terrigal Haven. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
SE
1.5
ESE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111788899999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)846792705846878906906771700713738533527693769789455533497450461400400352
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
0
NW
0
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.61
11:20PM
1.17
11:11AM
1.55
12:00AM
1.21
11:51AM
1.47
12:45AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.10
4:53AM
0.34
5:51PM
0.10
5:40AM
0.37
6:27PM
0.13
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:04-------8:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192122212020192021222219191919191920202020191919
Feels °C (?)182020191920192123201813151515161617171717171819
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