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Frenchmans Reef Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Frenchmans Reef surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 02 Apr 2025 AEDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Frenchmans Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Frenchmans Reef sea temperature is
22.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Frenchmans Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Frenchmans Reef at 4PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Apr) | 11ft (3.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (02 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (02 Apr) | 10ft (3.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Frenchmans Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
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| Energy (?) | 4284 | 3689 | 2968 | 2602 | 2201 | 1745 | 1462 | 1165 | 892 | 706 | 567 | 471 | 356 | 287 | 258 | 243 | 194 | 181 | 178 | 137 | 125 | 96 | 99 | 99 | 92 | 92 | 199 | 169 | 437 | 588 | 602 | 792 | 553 | 340 | 148 | 138 | 220 | 106 | 78 | 54 | 34 | 80 | 55 | 331 | 1121 | 3462 | 3662 | 3317 | 3489 | 2854 | 1905 | 1449 | 1132 | 940 | 724 | 431 | 378 | 316 | 323 | 335 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross | cross | glass | off | off | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:03PM 1.11 | 12:17AM 1.44 | 1:00PM 0.98 | 1:13AM 1.37 | 2:11PM 0.88 | 2:20AM 1.31 | 3:41PM 0.85 | 3:37AM 1.26 | 5:12PM 0.89 | 4:55AM 1.25 | 6:13PM 0.98 | 6:00AM 1.27 | 6:58PM 1.08 | 6:52AM 1.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:06AM 0.17 | 5:49PM 0.33 | 7:08AM 0.24 | 6:39PM 0.41 | 8:17AM 0.30 | 7:40PM 0.49 | 9:35AM 0.32 | 8:54PM 0.53 | 10:51AM 0.31 | 10:16PM 0.53 | 11:53AM 0.29 | 11:33PM 0.49 | 12:41PM 0.26 | 12:34AM 0.42 | 1:19PM 0.23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 02 | Thursday 03 | Friday 04 | Saturday 05 | Sunday 06 | Monday 07 | Tuesday 08 | Wednesday 09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 6:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:38 |
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| Temp. °C | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
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