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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			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	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Catherine Hill Bay NSW - Newcastle	Crabbs Creek NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Kiddies Corner NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle
Rating	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	3	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.9 ESE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	5	8	8	10	10	6	6	10	7	12	16	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	55	26	51	173	111	177	152	97	70	31	210	654	215	200	107	112	57	1003	1257	2299	641	2862
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:55PM 1.46		5:53AM 1.08	5:49PM 1.49		6:45AM 1.27	6:34PM 1.51		7:12AM 1.24		7:12PM 1.51	7:45AM 1.35		8:04PM 1.69	8:17AM 1.41		8:26PM 1.40	8:47AM 1.45		9:12PM 1.55	9:37AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 0.22	11:24AM 0.41		12:31AM 0.18	12:23PM 0.42		1:07AM 0.15	1:00PM 0.29		1:37AM 0.13		1:41PM 0.26	2:22AM 0.27		2:19PM 0.23	2:36AM 0.19		2:59PM 0.23	3:19AM 0.34		3:47PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1
High °C	19	16	18	17	16	20	20	17	21	20	15	17	17	14	22	21	15	15	15	12	13	15
Low °C	18	13	15	16	14	18	19	16	20	16	10	14	16	12	18	17	9	12	15	11	12	15
Chill °C (?)	19	15	18	17	15	20	20	16	21	20	13	17	17	13	22	21	13	14	14	10	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	2.4 S	0.3 ENE	2.4 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	8	6	6	7	12	8	11	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 S	1.0 S	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	11	6	10	12	10	10	19	7	16	8	7	9	8	10	16	9	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	1.1 NE	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.4 WNW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	3	5	5	7	5	-	5	6	3	4	7	-	-	3	-	2	3	9	9	9	9	10

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Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bungan Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Cowrie Hole NSW - Newcastle	Newport Reef NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	0.4 NE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 NE	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	7	6	11	11	9	7	9	8	6	6	11	10	6	10	9	6	9	6
Energy(?)	98	50	67	65	41	42	274	212	262	26	191	147	210	289	199	177	58	94	72	149	203	75
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:55PM 1.46				5:53AM 1.08				5:48PM 1.51				6:36AM 1.18				6:34PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 0.48				11:49PM 0.22				11:24AM 0.41				12:31AM 0.18				12:15PM 0.35					1:15AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1
Temp. °C	23	23	18	16	15	14	13	14	17	17	17	16	14	14	14	18	21	21	18	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	23	23	18	15	14	13	12	12	17	17	16	15	13	13	14	18	21	21	18	17	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.3 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	4	6	6	9	8	9	8	5	6	6	10	9	10	6	9	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	4	11	3	8	11	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	7	8	11	6	11	10	9	10	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	0.2 W	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NE	-	-	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	-	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	4	5	4	5	5	6	6	3	-	7	4	4	6	6	-	-	6	5	-	6	9	2

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Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Bungan Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Lakes Beach NSW - Newcastle	Cowrie Hole NSW - Newcastle	Newport Reef NSW - Sydney North Coast	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Avalon-North NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Banzai NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Avoca Point NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Box Beach NSW - Newcastle	Bar Beach NSW - Newcastle
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	96	48	98	98	55	16	87	54	45	67	27	26	34	27	35	35	68	58	54	146	146	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							4:55PM 1.46														6:03AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 0.48													11:55PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	19	17	18	16	15	13	15	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	23	24	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	19	17	18	15	14	11	14	11	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	4	4	4	11	7	7	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	11	4	4	11	11	4	-	-	3	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	4	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.6 E	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	5

Newcastle Surf Breaks

beach

beach and point

reef

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point/breakwater

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reef

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point/river

breakwater

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point

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beach and reef

beach and point

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sandbar

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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beach and reef

reef

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reef

reef

beach

beach reef and point

beach

point

reef

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sandbar

reef

beach

beach and reef

beach

beach

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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