Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 04 Jan 2026 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wamberal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 10PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jan)--
Afternoon (04 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (04 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)8566666888888688759109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4558111916060393132343423233022201920151626282726
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
20
N
5
ESE
5
S
5
NW
0
WNW
5
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
10
SW
5
W
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrossglasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:21PM
1.14
10:17AM
1.80
11:10PM
1.15
11:04AM
1.72
11:58PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
0.26
5:09PM
-0.03
4:36AM
0.29
5:53PM
0.02
5:27AM
0.34
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise------5:50-------5:50-------5:52-
Sunset--8:07-------8:07-------8:07-----
thunderstorm
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1161------1--------------
Temp. °C241920201918202222212120201920212222212120202123
Feels °C (?)211721212120222322222321211921212222222423232525
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