Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 06 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
22.7° 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 9AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 May)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Friday
8
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.4
S
9
2.2
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.3
S
11
2
S
11
1.9
S
10
1.7
S
10
2
S
10
1.7
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
588
514
505
432
410
394
394
340
410
339
290
240
194
154
298
970
1538
1278
1242
907
753
569
786
615
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
ESE
15
E
20
NE
15
N
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:22PM1.44m
11:14AM0.95m
11:05PM1.39m
12:06PM0.92m
11:52PM1.33m
1:07PM0.92m
Low Tide
5:19AM0.30m
4:27PM0.51m
6:07AM0.34m
5:13PM0.56m
7:00AM0.36m
6:11PM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:31
6:31
6:31
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5:09
5:08
5:07
Temp °C
17
14
14
17
19
19
19
18
15
13
13
17
16
16
13
12
10
9
8
14
19
20
16
14
15
11
12
16
18
17
16
16
14
9
9
11
7
7
5
5
4
4
3
8
14
14
10
10
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.5
E
11
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.3
E
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.4
S
9
2.2
S
10
2.5
S
11
2.4
S
11
2.3
S
11
2
S
11
1.9
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.7
S
10
Energy kJ
588
514
505
432
410
394
394
340
410
339
290
240
194
154
298
970
1538
1278
1242
907
753
569
482
615
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
18
0.3
S
4
0.3
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
S
7
0.5
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.3
S
6
0.3
S
6
0.1
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.1
S
17
0.8
E
10
0.7
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
Energy kJ
24
2
19
61
65
54
37
22
14
7
6
3
10
6
120
90
90
68
70
50
52
57
58
58
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
S
16
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
13
0.1
S
13
0.2
S
13
0.2
S
12
0.1
S
12
0.1
N
10
0.1
S
18
0.1
N
10
0.1
S
16
Energy kJ
24
27
21
17
15
14
3
13
12
3
2
6
2
5
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
4
0.4
SW
4
0.3
SSW
4
0.4
NE
2
0.6
NE
4
0.9
NNE
4
0.4
WSW
3
0.4
WSW
3
0.6
SW
3
1.1
SW
5
1.2
SSW
6
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
3
0.4
W
3
2
S
10
Energy kJ
5
3
3
1
11
29
2
3
8
60
99
23
30
13
3
3
786
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
3
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
19
72
72
18
0
0
0
5
149
104
229
26
2
0
0
0
2
2
21
2
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
1
4
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
5
6
5
6
5
7
5
6
6
6
7
5
6
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