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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	Mon	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25
	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	One Mile Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Catherine Hill Bay NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour 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	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	1.0 E	2.4 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period(s)	8	10	10	8	9	10	9	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	2375	1086	1044	1855	2173	1877	1020	192	1151	954	944	1019	1243	1003	1040	1077	1168	1108	1031	1121	524	1173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:16AM 1.32		10:12PM 1.75	11:15AM 1.08		11:08PM 1.67	12:16PM 1.27		12:02AM 1.60		1:22PM 1.05	1:04AM 1.48		2:32PM 1.10	2:14AM 1.34		3:34PM 1.34	3:15AM 1.25		4:21PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		4:18AM 0.17	3:38PM 0.30		5:10AM 0.01	4:28PM 0.37		6:10AM 0.28	5:28PM 0.44		7:07AM 0.12	6:38PM 0.51		8:07AM 0.18		8:01PM 0.53	9:06AM 0.37		9:17PM 0.53	9:50AM 0.25		10:26PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	32	4	3	5	-	-	4	5	3	3	1	-	9	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	9
High °C	18	18	18	16	16	18	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	18	19	16	19	21	16	14	16	17
Low °C	17	17	17	14	16	18	15	16	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	15	16	20	12	12	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	15	15	17	14	15	17	17	17	17	20	18	19	16	19	21	15	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	2.3 SE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	16	17	14	12	9	21	19	15	14	11	17	16	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NE	-	0.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	-
Period (s)	8	-	3	8	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	7	8	8	-

	Mon		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	One Mile Beach NSW - Newcastle	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Catherine Hill Bay NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	JD Reef NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.9 E	3.0 S	1.0 E
Period(s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	10
Energy	1352	1560	2375	1074	1001	1086	1090	1044	849	1065	1855	1986	1788	2173	1580	1877	1578	1193	1020	154	1482	192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	off	off	off	off	on	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		9:19PM 1.82					10:15AM 1.12				10:12PM 1.75				11:10AM 1.08				11:08PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)					4:18AM 0.17			3:38PM 0.30					5:10AM 0.01				4:32PM 0.37				6:07AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	6	5	13	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	4	3
Temp. °C	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	18	16	16	16	15	14	16	18	18	17	16	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	17	17	17	15	18	15	15	16	14	12	15	17	17	16	15	13	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 ENE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	4	3	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

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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	Wamberal Beach NSW - Newcastle	Umina Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	One Mile Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	One Mile Beach NSW - Newcastle	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Crackneck NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	1.9 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.2 E
Period(s)	8	9	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1399	572	1352	1495	1030	1560	1576	1685	2375	586	2300	1074	1067	1090	1001	1022	1043	1086	1086	1086	1090	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						9:19PM 1.82													10:16AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)													4:12AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	3	4	1	2	1	5	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	-
High °C	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.3 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 ENE	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	-	3.0 NE	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	9	8	8	9	8	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4

Newcastle Surf Breaks

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beach and reef

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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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