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.

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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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Newcastle Wavefinder

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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Catherine Hill Bay NSW - Newcastle	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Caves Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.3 E	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	8	14	17	14	8	6	6	6	11	7	6	8	7	7	7	6	6	8
Energy(?)	1143	995	673	324	267	301	888	264	19	322	216	167	231	224	181	154	293	298	179	128	146	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34AM 1.31	6:32PM 0.97		6:25AM 1.39	7:14PM 1.08		7:08AM 1.47			7:48AM 1.54		8:28PM 1.42	8:27AM 1.57		9:03PM 1.42	9:45AM 1.02		9:39PM 1.52	9:49AM 1.52		10:17PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	10:50PM 0.58	12:33PM 0.38		11:55PM 0.51	1:12PM 0.28		12:47AM 0.43	1:47PM 0.18	2:25PM 0.13	1:32AM 0.34		2:20PM 0.10	2:16AM 0.40		2:54PM 0.06	2:59AM 0.19		3:26PM 0.03	3:44AM 0.14		4:00PM 0.05	4:30AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	2	2	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	23	22	24	25	26	22	20	21	22	22	22	21	22	22
Low °C	20	20	21	19	18	22	17	17	23	20	20	24	23	21	20	19	20	22	20	20	22	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	23	22	24	25	26	22	20	21	22	22	22	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 NE	0.5 S	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	8	9	17	14	13	13	6	11	6	6	6	8	8	8	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 NE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	5	8	12	12	18	18	17	16	6	17	15	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	-	1.0 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	5	6	6	6	11	7	6	-	7	7	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Newport Reef NSW - Sydney North Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Copacobana Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Head 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
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	14	19	18	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1874	1852	1141	1304	1088	900	672	673	274	266	324	295	226	267	60	301	734	1001	888	799	744	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 0.90				5:35AM 1.31				7:08PM 0.57				6:19AM 1.52				7:47PM 0.65				7:08AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		10:50PM 0.58					12:33PM 0.38				11:55PM 0.52				1:12PM 0.28				12:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	19	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	17	21	22	22	21	20	19	17	17	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	19	20	21	21	20	20	20	19	17	21	22	22	21	20	19	16	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	8	9	8	9	9	19	18	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	14	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.7 ENE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	5

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	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Newport Reef NSW - Sydney North Coast	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle	Copacobana Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Head 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
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 SSE	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	0.9 E	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1713	1752	1809	1722	1745	1601	1601	2962	893	1311	1281	1178	954	1244	196	1145	697	995	972	842	817	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 0.90												5:26AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)						10:52PM 0.58														12:33PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	19	20	21	21	20	21	18	20	19	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	19	20	21	21	20	21	18	20	19	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.0 E	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	15	14	12	15	15	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	-	2.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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