Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 23 Dec 2025 AEDT
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Wamberal Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wamberal Beach sea temperature is
23.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wamberal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 3PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (23 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (23 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s

Table - waves today at Wamberal Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
S
1.3
SSE
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
2.1
S
2.4
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)888467779987556610101099121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1327654521652372652593632641045330311752258491177696530586155820341760
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSE
20
E
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
0
SE
5
WNW
10
ENE
20
E
25
NE
15
NE
15
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
1.56
11:46PM
1.03
11:32AM
1.51
12:32AM
1.06
12:13PM
1.45
1:21AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47PM
0.17
5:04AM
0.44
6:25PM
0.17
5:52AM
0.48
7:05PM
0.18
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
Sunrise5:41-------5:41-------5:41-------
Sunset----8:02-------8:04-------8:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222525232020201920222323222119191919191717171717
Feels °C (?)252624191718202021212121232215171717151313131314
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