Wamberal Beach surf break

Wamberal Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 17 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 9PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.7
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)1111111010101066666888766666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)605655353130494473747736191942252030353533408056
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:27PM
1.29
8:29AM
1.54
9:03PM
1.39
9:09AM
1.54
9:40PM
1.48
9:51AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.26
2:54PM
0.07
3:00AM
0.18
3:27PM
0.05
3:45AM
0.14
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset-7:09-------7:08-------7:07------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----1---21---12543111-22
Temp. °C302624232222212222222222212020191920202019192022
Feels °C (?)302223242323222222222223222021202021212219192021
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