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Bar Beach surf report & forecast

intermediate · -32.94, 151.77

Newcastle inner city beach with consistent surf.

Right nowForecast · 10:02

Updated 10h ago

79GLYPH SCORE
GO. 🌊

Clean lines, solid period. This is your window.

Sea 4.0ft @ 9s SE, easing · light texture (5kt NE cross-offshore) till 12 PM, 7kt NE cross-shore after · high tide 12 PM

SWELL
4.0ft · 9s
WIND
5kt NE
WAVE
4.0ft
DIR
S

Next hours

FREE
10 AM
79
3–5ft
S
12 PM
44
3–5ft
S
3 PM
55
3–5ft
SE
5 PM
63
3–4ft
E
Tomorrow · 6 AM
63
2–4ft
NE
Tomorrow · 8 AM
45
2–3ft
NE

7-day forecast

FREE · NO ACCOUNT NEEDED
DAY
SCORE
SWELL
AM · PM
RATING
Sat
Oct 31
73
4.0ft
73 · 56
GO
Sun
Nov 1
58
3.4ft
49 · 29
FUN
Mon
Nov 2
41
3.0ft
39 · 25
FUN
Tue
Nov 3
47
2.8ft
42 · 47
FUN
Wed
Nov 4
46
3.1ft
42 · 26
FUN
Thu
Nov 5
45
9.9ft
40 · 33
FUN
Fri
Nov 6
37
10.6ft
30 · 34
FLAT

Tide & daylight

MODELLED · OPEN-METEO
LOW
19:00
HIGH
12:00
SUNRISE
05:55
SUNSET
19:17
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Surfing Bar Beach

Newcastle inner city beach with consistent surf.

Conditions are rated intermediate level. The wave works best with a light offshore wind early in the morning, a favourable tide on the push and a clean groundswell. Check the hour-by-hour panel and the forecast table to pick your window.

Early morning, before the wind comes up. Aim for a light offshore around dawn on a mid-to-low pushing tide with a clean groundswell — that combination produces the cleanest, most makeable peaks.

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