The Cliff surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 25 Oct 2025 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
21.5° C
(Which is 2.0°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 11AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (25 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (25 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1
S
1.6
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)99999999151515141413121212111167899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2382322271501239974557515522126819512511313813490242154634129516641499
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
SW
5
SE
10
NW
15
WSW
20
SSE
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossonoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
1.60
11:42PM
1.11
11:48AM
1.56
12:33AM
1.05
12:31PM
1.51
1:33AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54PM
0.39
5:08AM
0.53
6:42PM
0.43
5:47AM
0.62
7:36PM
0.47
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tue
28
Sunrise6:01-------6:00-------5:58-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:13-------7:14----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171920201918161618252928252119192025241815151515
Feels °C (?)18191716151613121420272622191820202221107888
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Cliff (calm at Merewether 2 km from The Cliff). 1.2m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 9s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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WNW
Clean
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