Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm 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
23.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (24 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (24 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
!
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.2
S
0.9
S
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
2.2
S
1.8
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)677799855566710109910111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136214251268442224107544435169218227103561480788268314521493170420181550967
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
0
SSE
5
N
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
15
SSW
30
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
1.03
11:32AM
1.51
12:32AM
1.06
12:13PM
1.45
1:21AM
1.10
12:59PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.44
6:25PM
0.17
5:52AM
0.48
7:05PM
0.18
6:47AM
0.51
Tue
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise----5:41-------5:41-------5:43---
Sunset8:02-------8:04-------8:04-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C202019192022242422211919192018171717171716171818
Feels °C (?)171919202020222223211517181814131313131411121315
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