Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 16 Mar 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
23.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wamberal Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 10AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (16 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)1616151514146667777111111105566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4434162872721986313914521718985706056553532344710913513911383
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
25
WNW
10
W
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
1.45
7:51PM
1.18
7:49AM
1.51
8:27PM
1.29
8:29AM
1.54
9:03PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
0.43
1:47PM
0.19
1:32AM
0.34
2:21PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.26
2:54PM
0.07
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----7:10-------7:09-------7:08--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1-13311
Temp. °C201919222323232121212125302726232221212121212222
Feels °C (?)201919212021211921222124292225212121212020192122
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