Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 01 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
21.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 2AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (02 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (02 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Thu
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
SSE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)12121212111111119999988888866666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50843634133029728620017621312514111711210385666674761141048755164
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NNE
15
NE
10
N
0
W
15
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
1.09
7:48AM
1.77
8:38PM
1.11
8:39AM
1.82
9:31PM
1.12
9:29AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
0.26
2:42PM
0.01
2:04AM
0.25
3:33PM
-0.04
2:55AM
0.25
4:22PM
-0.05
Thu
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Sunrise----5:48-------5:48-------5:48---
Sunset8:07-------8:07-------8:07-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------------1-3
Temp. °C191818181819201919191918192021212020201919222323
Feels °C (?)151516161616181718181818191818181718202022222019
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