The Cliff surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 AEST
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The Cliff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
22.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cliff today?

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 12PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

Table - waves today at The Cliff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
S
1.8
S
2.3
S
2.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010101010999991099999888846810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26227323027927321716813613617515117510399767451493331372516691065
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
0
NE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
SSW
0
E
25
SSW
35
S
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
1.56
6:50PM
1.56
7:02AM
1.58
7:29PM
1.67
7:48AM
1.57
8:09PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
0.32
12:55AM
0.38
1:12PM
0.29
1:43AM
0.29
1:50PM
0.28
2:31AM
0.23
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:13-------6:13-------6:15-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141822212020191614192425212020181723262724191815
Feels °C (?)111520181820191613182322181816141319242619121511
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