Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 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 2PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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
Thu
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
S
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)15151414666777771156666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2872721986313417622418985705956555710411511711311312398454727
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
10
N
10
W
20
WSW
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossoffoffcrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
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)
1:47PM
0.19
1:32AM
0.34
2:21PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.26
2:54PM
0.07
3:00AM
0.18
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:09-------7:08----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------12222-111
Temp. °C192224232322212121263026252323212121222222222120
Feels °C (?)192122212020212221252923242223212222222122232220
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