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The Cliff Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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The Cliff surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at The Cliff today?
The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 9AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at The Cliff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 39 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 48 | 58 | 45 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 35 | 144 | 140 | 119 | 188 | 178 | 140 | 100 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | on | on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:48AM 1.03 | 3:49PM 1.53 | 5:07AM 1.09 | 4:58PM 1.57 | 6:03AM 1.18 | 5:55PM 1.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:03AM 0.60 | 10:58PM 0.34 | 10:23AM 0.57 | 11:54PM 0.28 | 11:30AM 0.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Continuing clean conditions at The Cliff (calm at Merewether 2 km from The Cliff). 0.7m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.3m 9s swell from the S and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 22 min ago
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