Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 18 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
22.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wamberal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 8AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Dec)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (18 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (18 Dec)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NE
1.2
NE
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.9
NE
1.6
NE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)66111065677777777777766778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14189797560831643312511531251041048468686466689671865628
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NE
10
N
5
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
20
ENE
20
N
20
SE
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
20
S
5
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
10
NE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
1.51
8:25PM
1.00
8:24AM
1.55
9:06PM
1.01
9:02AM
1.57
9:45PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
0.40
2:38PM
0.26
1:48AM
0.39
3:16PM
0.21
2:27AM
0.39
3:54PM
0.19
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise--5:39-------5:39-------5:39-----
Sunset------8:00-------8:00-------8:01-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181719232424242423222530283126252424232426252424
Feels °C (?)171619222121212423232529252825262425232626232627
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