Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wamberal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 8PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.3
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.3
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)88887111111888866101096566777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)462837282121851461961611037810144966561564656132705941
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
0
SSE
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
S
10
E
20
NE
20
N
10
NNW
10
W
5
NW
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
5
WNW
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55PM
1.46
5:54AM
1.08
5:49PM
1.49
6:36AM
1.16
6:34PM
1.50
7:12AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
0.21
11:24AM
0.41
12:31AM
0.17
12:15PM
0.35
1:07AM
0.15
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise------5:50-------5:48-------5:47-
Sunset-5:45-------5:46-------5:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------7-1--
Temp. °C232018171513131518171615141313172120181616161720
Feels °C (?)2117171411891216151312131211141716191414131415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Wamberal Beach (calm at Gosford Automatic Weather Station 9 km from Wamberal Beach). 0.7m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the S and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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