The Cliff surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 AEDT
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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
24.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Cliff today?

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 7AM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)121212121111111010101010109999998881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)681754694396428733462680217217161186970772611517443377326280238197143114114135131
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
1.26
6:24AM
1.65
7:16PM
1.36
7:17AM
1.66
7:58PM
1.46
8:04AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58PM
0.58
1:07PM
0.32
12:59AM
0.49
1:48PM
0.29
1:51AM
0.41
2:25PM
0.27
Sat
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:52-------6:50
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018171618202121212019192021212121201919212222
Feels °C (?)151715151315171819201919192020202020201919222121
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