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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 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at The Cliff today?
The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 7PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at The Cliff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 22 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 39 | 121 | 98 | 142 | 107 | 82 | 72 | 40 | 33 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 161 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 35 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | on | on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:58PM 1.57 | 6:03AM 1.18 | 5:55PM 1.60 | 6:45AM 1.27 | 6:42PM 1.62 | 7:22AM 1.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:23AM 0.57 | 11:54PM 0.28 | 11:30AM 0.50 | 12:38AM 0.23 | 12:23PM 0.42 | 1:15AM 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - |
| Sunset | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 24 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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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). 0.6m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.5m 3s local chop from the SE and a 0.3m 4s local chop from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 48 min ago
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