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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	Sat	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09
	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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Lakes Beach 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	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Box Head NSW - Newcastle
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	2.3 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	7
Energy(?)	6710	4615	5744	5673	3411	3321	2679	2230	2521	2352	2074	1518	1063	843	1078	963	1004	758	909	826	782	250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:39AM 0.90		3:34PM 1.29	3:59AM 0.87		4:32PM 1.34		5:13AM 0.89	5:23PM 1.40		6:05AM 0.95	6:11PM 1.50		6:51AM 1.01	6:53PM 1.58		7:34AM 1.08		7:33PM 1.63	8:15AM 1.13		8:12PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 0.48		10:34PM 0.53	9:30AM 0.50		11:34PM 0.46	10:33AM 0.49		12:22AM 0.36	11:27AM 0.44		1:04AM 0.26	12:16PM 0.38		1:42AM 0.18		1:02PM 0.33	2:18AM 0.10		1:46PM 0.29	2:54AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	34	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	2	1	7	8	2	7
High °C	16	16	18	18	18	17	15	19	19	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	17	15
Low °C	15	16	18	18	18	16	12	15	18	12	14	16	12	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	17	18	17	15	19	19	17	17	17	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	4.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	26	20	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	10	16	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	25	12	12	16	13	12	11	10	-	9	-	4	16	16	14	19	18	16	19	18	17	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.5 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	3	7	7	8	8	8	9	6	7	7

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	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Little Avalon NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.5 SE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.5 E	4.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 E	3.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2987	5905	6710	8042	7855	6424	5729	4198	4380	4333	5673	4568	4021	3718	3495	3380	3161	2854	2679	2510	2360	2473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:39AM 0.90				3:34PM 1.28				3:59AM 0.87	4:05AM 0.87				4:32PM 1.34				5:13AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)		9:20PM 0.58				8:27AM 0.48					10:34PM 0.53			9:30AM 0.50					11:34PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	8	12	10	4	4	3	3	3	2	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	15	16	17	18	16	17	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	14	15	17	14	16	16	17	17	16	16	18	18	17	15	14	13	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	4.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 E	3.5 ESE	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	15	14	26	23	22	21	19	18	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	19	25	14	13	12	12	12	17	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.5 SE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Little Avalon NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	6.0 SE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2309	2690	2987	3872	4704	5905	6107	3633	3883	4461	7735	8042	4903	7816	6191	6071	6099	4615	4421	4421	4097	4174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											2:39AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)						9:20PM 0.58											8:30AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	4	4	4	2	2	4	2	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	25	24	25	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	19	19	19	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	6.0 SE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Newcastle Surf Breaks

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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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