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Bar Reef surf Forecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 25 Apr 2024 AEST
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Bar Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bar Reef sea temperature is 22.7°C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.1 °C max: 23.7 °C min: 20.5 °C)
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Bar Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bar Reef sea temperature is 22.7°C (Statistics for 25 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.1 °C max: 23.7 °C min: 20.5 °C)


How big are the waves at Bar Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Bar Reef at 5PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Apr)--
Afternoon (25 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (25 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s

Table - waves today at Bar Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
NE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
S
1.1
SSW
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1.3
S
2
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
Period(s) (?)9111110101010109915141212121010121111101010101099999101096669999988888666666712121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)536253826751722902115410636705881088180710648946992672675504304003242602501961661131067856554533284057802927267978434271666460715476781304351794203516601242118812691351
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
SW
10
NW
10
SW
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
0
SE
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
WSW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13PM
1.71
9:40AM
1.32
9:50PM
1.72
10:25AM
1.26
10:30PM
1.71
11:16AM
1.20
11:17PM
1.69
12:14PM
1.16
12:11AM
1.66
1:21PM
1.15
1:14AM
1.63
2:32PM
1.19
2:23AM
1.61
3:38PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46PM
0.42
3:45AM
0.38
3:20PM
0.48
4:31AM
0.40
3:56PM
0.55
5:21AM
0.42
4:37PM
0.62
6:16AM
0.45
5:30PM
0.69
7:17AM
0.46
6:37PM
0.73
8:21AM
0.45
7:55PM
0.72
9:22AM
0.41
9:12PM
0.66
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise------6:22-------6:22-------6:22-------6:24-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26-----
Sunset-5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12--
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Rain (mm)
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