Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 07 May 2026 AEST
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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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wamberal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 2AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 07). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (08 May)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (08 May)8ft (2.4m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
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4
4
!
2
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
8
2
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
2.3
SSW
11
2.2
S
10
2.1
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
10
2.3
S
10
2.4
S
12
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
10
2.2
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
228
685
1293
1302
786
689
1146
942
1095
2386
2207
1724
1055
1543
1829
1518
1154
913
565
430
363
493
482
375
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
20
S
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
11:52PM1.33m
1:07PM0.92m
00:46AM1.29m
2:12PM0.96m
1:44AM1.26m
3:12PM1.03m
Low Tide
5:13PM0.56m
7:00AM0.36m
6:11PM0.60m
7:54AM0.35m
7:21PM0.62m
8:46AM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
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6:31
6:33
6:33
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5:07
5:07
5:06
1
1
Temp °C
13
12
10
9
10
15
20
19
16
14
14
12
12
15
17
18
17
17
14
14
14
15
18
19
4
5
4
4
5
9
14
12
10
9
10
8
9
11
13
15
15
15
12
12
12
13
16
16
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
8
2
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.5
S
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.8
S
11
1.7
S
10
2.1
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
10
2.3
S
10
2.4
S
12
2.3
S
11
2.2
S
11
2.1
S
10
1.9
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.5
S
9
0.6
E
12
Energy kJ
228
685
1293
1302
786
689
730
546
1095
1520
1412
1160
1055
1543
1253
1086
882
683
565
430
363
355
339
102
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.4
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
12
0.5
E
12
0.1
SE
18
Energy kJ
151
117
92
70
70
50
51
55
57
57
37
37
37
37
38
38
39
39
39
61
64
66
68
13
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
17
0.1
N
9
0.1
N
9
0.4
ENE
11
0.2
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.2
S
18
Energy kJ
6
2
2
40
25
6
6
6
6
25
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.5
W
3
0.6
W
4
2.3
SSW
11
2.2
S
10
0.7
WSW
4
3
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
10
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
10
2.2
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
8
Energy kJ
26
32
18
5
9
1146
942
11
2386
2207
1724
1829
1518
1154
913
493
482
375
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
1
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
3
Distance (km)
229
21
0
0
0
0
2
104
2
2
2
2
0
0
26
20
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
19
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
5
4
4
3
4
3
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
5
5
6
7
7
6
8
7
6
5
7
7
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
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