Surf-Forecast | Umina Beach Surf Guide

Lat Long: 33.53° S 151.31° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Umina Beach sea temperature is

20.5°C

Umina Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Umina Beach Surf Guide

Umina Beach in Newcastle is a fairly exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the northwest with some shelter here from west winds. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Good surf at all stages of the tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Hazards include rips and locals.

Umina Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	20.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Umina Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Umina Beach occur when a Southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Umina Beach Location Map

Interactive Umina Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Umina Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 4 November 2026, 17:38 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 04
ft, °F	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Wave (m)	E	E	E	ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off

Tides at Umina Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Ettalong, Australia, 2 km from Umina Beach.

Next High Water: 06:02pm | 0.94m

Next Low Water: 12:26am | 0.1m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Umina Beach Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 21.0 °C once we account for wind), and similar sea temperatures (20.5 °C). Wear boardshorts or a shorty, or better still a thin summer wetsuit to keep the UV off.

Today, many surfers would wear a shorty.

Current Temp*: 20.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite