Terrigal Haven surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 05 May 2026 AEST
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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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Terrigal Haven today?

The current surf forecast for Terrigal Haven at 11PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
Afternoon (05 May)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (05 May)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.7
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
629
606
606
533
524
514
505
432
410
394
394
340
410
339
290
240
234
190
152
459
2140
1548
1439
1219
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
N
10
NW
20
W
20
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:22PM1.44m
11:14AM0.95m
11:05PM1.39m
12:06PM0.92m
11:52PM1.33m
Low Tide
3:48PM0.46m
5:19AM0.30m
4:27PM0.51m
6:07AM0.34m
5:13PM0.56m
7:00AM0.36m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:31
6:31
6:31
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5:10
5:09
5:08
5:07
Temp °C
21
21
20
19
18
15
15
17
19
19
19
18
15
14
13
17
15
15
13
11
10
9
8
13
18
18
17
17
17
13
13
16
18
17
16
15
14
10
9
11
7
6
4
3
4
4
3
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.6
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.7
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.3
S
11
Energy kJ
629
606
606
533
524
514
505
432
410
394
394
340
410
339
290
240
234
190
151
459
1275
1548
1439
1219
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
5
0.4
S
5
0.1
S
18
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
18
0.3
S
4
0.3
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.3
S
6
0.3
S
6
0.3
S
6
0.1
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.1
S
13
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
Energy kJ
8
8
6
2
24
2
19
62
66
54
37
22
14
7
7
6
2
9
3
117
90
68
70
50
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
18
0.2
S
18
0.2
S
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
13
0.1
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.1
S
12
0.1
S
12
0.1
N
10
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
N
10
Energy kJ
5
5
6
24
24
27
21
17
15
14
3
13
12
3
3
2
6
6
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
5
0.4
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
3
0.4
SSE
4
0.3
SSW
4
0.3
SSW
4
0.4
NE
2
0.6
NE
4
1
NNE
5
0.3
W
2
0.4
W
3
0.5
W
3
0.9
SW
4
1.1
SW
5
1.4
SW
6
0.9
WSW
4
3
S
10
0.5
W
3
Energy kJ
22
24
10
2
4
3
3
2
11
40
1
2
4
27
58
152
32
2140
5
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
Distance (km)
0
21
21
0
0
0
0
0
21
138
70
16
2
2
2
2
217
227
239
68
7
2
0
2
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
5
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
3
4
5
5
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
5
9
9
7
6
6
5
8
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
5
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