Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 22 Oct 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 1PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
2
S
2
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1288899999991010911111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7217927024934636228222114110496882786459525525505424340279225220188221
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
25
NNE
25
N
30
NNW
35
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
W
10
E
20
E
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
1.51
9:38PM
1.17
9:44AM
1.51
10:15PM
1.11
10:16AM
1.49
10:53PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
0.20
3:21AM
0.31
4:19PM
0.21
3:51AM
0.36
4:58PM
0.24
4:22AM
0.41
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise6:05-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:12-------7:13----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192834352824211818181717161616151519202018171615
Feels °C (?)202531312321171313131314131415141418171816161515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Wamberal Beach (light winds from the E at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 9 km from Wamberal Beach). 1.4m 7s swell from the ENE with a 0.6m 9s swell from the S and a 0.4m 6s windswell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
E
Onshore
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