Newcastle Surf

Detailed Newcastle surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Newcastle. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Newcastle. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Newcastle over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Newcastle and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Newcastle Surf Forecast

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Newcastle Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Newcastle Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Newcastle coastline are also listed below.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Catherine Hill Bay NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Shallows NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	12	11	11	12	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	18	17	16	14	12	11	6	5	5
Energy(?)	611	814	869	816	1130	1183	1232	1171	618	763	379	232	188	352	678	543	488	137	77	336	126	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:54PM 0.85	3:14AM 1.23		4:17PM 0.85	4:30AM 1.25		5:39PM 0.90		5:34AM 1.31	6:32PM 0.98		6:24AM 1.39	7:14PM 1.08		7:08AM 1.47	7:51PM 1.19		7:48AM 1.54		8:28PM 1.31	8:27AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 0.58	10:36AM 0.51		9:29PM 0.61	11:43AM 0.47		10:52PM 0.58	12:33PM 0.38		11:55PM 0.52	1:12PM 0.28		12:47AM 0.43	1:47PM 0.18		1:32AM 0.35		2:20PM 0.10	2:16AM 0.26		2:54PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-
High °C	26	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	21	22	21	22	23	24	22	23	24	23	24
Low °C	25	22	23	22	20	20	20	20	19	21	18	18	22	18	18	21	22	21	23	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	26	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	21	22	21	22	23	24	22	23	24	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 S	1.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	10	12	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	18	17	16	6	6	11	6	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	6	16	15	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	14	12	6	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	9	6	3	6	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	5	6	3	6	6	5	5

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	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Newport Reef NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	6	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	9	8	9	10	10
Energy(?)	288	611	408	675	686	831	862	867	898	816	816	964	1159	1175	1279	1198	1172	1232	1311	1411	1279	1110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:44PM 0.86				3:14AM 1.23				4:17PM 0.85				4:31AM 1.25					5:37PM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)				8:08PM 0.58				10:34AM 0.52				9:29PM 0.61					11:43AM 0.47			10:50PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	27	25	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.9 S	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	2.0 S
Period (s)	7	7	12	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 NNE	1.5 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	11	12	16	-	12	15	14	14	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.7 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 S	-	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	-
Period (s)	8	9	6	5	6	6	3	4	5	6	7	8	-	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	-

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	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Newport Reef NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10
Energy(?)	241	413	288	468	566	611	696	491	556	601	632	675	685	811	686	717	772	831	936	942	968	828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	on	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:44PM 0.86													3:14AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)										8:08PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	21	22	22	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	25	26	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	21	22	22	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	13	7	9	7	7	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	8	9	9	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	4

Newcastle Surf Breaks

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Little Gibber - Dark Point

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Macmasters Point

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Merewether - Ladies

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Moonee

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Newcastle - Stratts Spit

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Newcastle - The Wedge

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Newcastle -The Harbour

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Newcastle provides a plethora of waves to satisfy any level of surfer. Right and left point breaks, beach breaks a plenty, reef breaks and a few other gems on hand. Early March to late October are the best months for consistent swell. With the standard east coast slop during the summer months. One of the better ways to view the city of Newcastle is from the water. With the constant backdrop of a cue of coal tankers the majestic cliff faces along the headlands dominate the scenery. The mainly south facing beaches are separated by headlands that divide the coast and provide various reef and sand set-ups. While the crowds can be overwhelming the range of waves means there is always a less crowded wave if you are willing to have a look around ..... Adam Arnold

Region with many many options if you are willing to drive 30 mins in either direction. Mostly beach breaks with and points. The occasional rocky reef break too. Best time is late autumn to spring for consistent swell and preferable wind conditions. Newcastle itself is city beaches but just a short drive North or South and you can find quite costal beaches with great scenery. Right near Stockton beach and its sand dunes which would have to be one of the longest beaches in New South Wales ..... Matt Egan

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