Umina Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Newcastle, Australia)

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Umina Beach Surf Guide

Umina Beach in Newcastle is a fairly exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. Works best in offshore winds from the northwest with some shelter here from west winds. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Hazards include rips and locals.

Umina Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	22.2°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.

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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.

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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, 6 May 2026, 21:30 Local Time

m, °C	Wed		Thu
ft, °F	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Wave (m)	E	ENE	E	E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off

Tides at Umina Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Ettalong, Australia, 2 km from Umina Beach.

Next High Water: 11:47pm | 0.95m

Next Low Water: 06:59am | 0.16m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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low tide

Umina Beach Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 20.0 °C once we account for wind), and similar sea temperatures (22.2 °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*: 22.2°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite