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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Newcastle, Australian Coast

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Newcastle combines a working harbor and Nobbys Lighthouse with ocean baths, sandstone cliffs, and exposed beaches shaped by strong Pacific swell.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Coastal Drama Score

38%

Wave Height1.0m

Swell Height0.9m

Wind Speed4.0m/s

Wind Gusts10.2m/s

Cloud Cover72%

Visibility15460

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Sydney

First upcoming window

Moderate Seascape

Newcastle

Tue, Oct 13 · 12:00–13:00 · 1h window

Low confidence

29%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45.2%

Wave Height: 1.0m

Swell Height: 0.8m

Wind Speed: 4.4m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 10.8m/s

71-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 71-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Australia/Sydney.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Australia/Sydney)	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Primary Swell Height	Primary Wave Direction	Significant Wave Height	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Direction	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed	Wind Wave Height	Wind Wave Period
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise 06:21 · Sunset 18:59
10:00	0%	71%	40%	0.9m	12°	1m	72%	209°	10m/s	4m/s	0.34m	13s
11:00	0%	5%	30%	0.89m	12°	1m	31%	200°	9.8m/s	3.6m/s	0.34m	13s
12:00	0%	12%	21%	0.88m	11°	1m	27%	187°	9.5m/s	3.7m/s	0.33m	13s
13:00	0%	37%	34%	0.88m	11°	0.99m	39%	179°	10m/s	4m/s	0.33m	13s
14:00	0%	42%	39%	0.87m	11°	0.98m	44%	181°	10m/s	4m/s	0.32m	13s
15:00	0%	31%	22%	0.86m	11°	0.97m	33%	178°	9.9m/s	3.8m/s	0.31m	13s
16:00	0%	19%	8%	0.86m	11°	0.96m	20%	179°	9.8m/s	4m/s	0.29m	13s
17:00	0%	4%	1%	0.85m	11°	0.95m	4%	161°	9.7m/s	3.4m/s	0.28m	13s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	0.84m	11°	0.94m	0%	159°	8.3m/s	2.9m/s	0.26m	13s
19:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.84m	10°	0.94m	0%	155°	6.7m/s	2.5m/s	0.24m	13s
20:00 Night	0%	1%	0%	0.83m	10°	0.93m	1%	151°	4.9m/s	2.2m/s	0.22m	13s
21:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.82m	10°	0.92m	0%	145°	4.3m/s	2.2m/s	0.22m	13s
22:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.82m	10°	0.92m	0%	147°	4.2m/s	1.6m/s	0.23m	13s
23:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.81m	9.8°	0.91m	0%	135°	2.9m/s	0.49m/s	0.23m	13s
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 06:20 · Sunset 19:00
24:00 Night	0%	5%	0%	0.81m	9.7°	0.91m	5%	342°	0.8m/s	0.32m/s	0.21m	13s
01:00 Night	0%	9%	0%	0.8m	9.6°	0.9m	9%	326°	2.5m/s	1.3m/s	0.2m	13s
02:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.8m	9.5°	0.9m	0%	303°	2.8m/s	1.2m/s	0.18m	12s
03:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.8m	9.7°	0.9m	0%	298°	2.3m/s	0.85m/s	0.18m	12s
04:00 Night	0%	2%	0%	0.79m	9.8°	0.89m	2%	304°	2.3m/s	1.1m/s	0.17m	12s
05:00 Night	0%	6%	0%	0.79m	10°	0.89m	6%	305°	2.5m/s	0.97m/s	0.17m	12s
06:00 Night	0%	15%	0%	0.79m	9.8°	0.89m	15%	297°	2m/s	0.78m/s	0.16m	12s
07:00	0%	30%	0%	0.78m	9.5°	0.89m	30%	310°	1.6m/s	0.78m/s	0.16m	12s
08:00	0%	16%	0%	0.78m	9.3°	0.89m	16%	317°	3.5m/s	1.2m/s	0.15m	12s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	0.78m	9.1°	0.89m	0%	340°	3.7m/s	0.74m/s	0.15m	12s
10:00	0%	0%	0%	0.77m	8.9°	0.9m	0%	65°	4.3m/s	0.94m/s	0.14m	12s
11:00	0%	1%	0%	0.77m	8.7°	0.9m	1%	78°	5.5m/s	1.5m/s	0.14m	12s
12:00	0%	1%	0%	0.77m	8.5°	0.9m	1%	94°	7.3m/s	2.6m/s	0.16m	12s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	0.76m	8.4°	0.9m	0%	96°	11m/s	4.5m/s	0.17m	12s
14:00	0%	0%	0%	0.76m	8.3°	0.9m	0%	86°	12m/s	5.2m/s	0.19m	12s
15:00	12%	0%	0%	0.75m	8.1°	0.9m	12%	79°	13m/s	5.8m/s	0.2m	12s
16:00	32%	0%	0%	0.75m	8°	0.91m	32%	76°	13m/s	6m/s	0.22m	12s
17:00	8%	0%	1%	0.74m	7.9°	0.91m	9%	74°	14m/s	6.4m/s	0.23m	12s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	0.73m	7.8°	0.92m	0%	68°	14m/s	6.8m/s	0.23m	12s
19:00	0%	0%	1%	0.73m	7.7°	0.93m	1%	51°	14m/s	6.2m/s	0.24m	12s
20:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.72m	7.6°	0.94m	0%	42°	12m/s	6.1m/s	0.24m	12s
21:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.71m	25°	0.95m	0%	35°	12m/s	5.5m/s	0.24m	13s
22:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.7m	42°	0.95m	0%	32°	11m/s	5.2m/s	0.24m	14s
23:00 Night	2%	0%	1%	0.69m	59°	0.96m	3%	33°	10m/s	4.8m/s	0.24m	16s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 06:19 · Sunset 19:01
24:00 Night	27%	0%	1%	0.68m	51°	0.96m	28%	22°	9.1m/s	4.2m/s	0.23m	15s
01:00 Night	60%	0%	1%	0.68m	42°	0.97m	61%	13°	8m/s	3.2m/s	0.23m	14s
02:00 Night	93%	0%	12%	0.67m	33°	0.97m	94%	3°	6.1m/s	2.9m/s	0.22m	13s
03:00 Night	96%	0%	71%	0.67m	38°	0.97m	98%	353°	5.4m/s	2.5m/s	0.22m	15s
04:00 Night	79%	0%	26%	0.67m	42°	0.98m	84%	349°	4.7m/s	2.4m/s	0.21m	17s
05:00 Night	98%	0%	12%	0.67m	47°	0.98m	98%	336°	4.6m/s	2.1m/s	0.21m	18s
06:00 Night	100%	0%	55%	0.68m	47°	0.99m	100%	321°	5.2m/s	2.9m/s	0.22m	18s
07:00	97%	0%	92%	0.69m	48°	0.99m	99%	310°	11m/s	5.7m/s	0.22m	18s
08:00	100%	0%	80%	0.7m	48°	1m	100%	311°	17m/s	8.5m/s	0.23m	18s
09:00	100%	0%	100%	0.72m	47°	1m	100%	319°	17m/s	7.2m/s	0.23m	18s
10:00	99%	0%	93%	0.75m	47°	1m	100%	327°	13m/s	5.5m/s	0.24m	17s
11:00	0%	2%	9%	0.77m	47°	1m	10%	324°	14m/s	5.7m/s	0.24m	17s
12:00	1%	1%	18%	0.78m	47°	1m	19%	317°	15m/s	6.8m/s	0.28m	17s
13:00	1%	16%	6%	0.78m	47°	1m	21%	310°	17m/s	6.8m/s	0.31m	17s
14:00	0%	1%	9%	0.79m	48°	1m	10%	310°	16m/s	6.8m/s	0.35m	17s
15:00	0%	0%	15%	0.8m	47°	1.1m	15%	309°	16m/s	6.5m/s	0.37m	17s
16:00	2%	0%	27%	0.82m	47°	1.1m	29%	309°	15m/s	5.8m/s	0.38m	17s
17:00	6%	0%	20%	0.83m	47°	1.1m	23%	316°	13m/s	4.5m/s	0.4m	16s
18:00	0%	0%	11%	0.83m	47°	1.1m	11%	328°	9.7m/s	4.6m/s	0.4m	16s
19:00	0%	0%	20%	0.82m	46°	1.1m	20%	332°	10m/s	5.3m/s	0.41m	16s
20:00 Night	0%	0%	20%	0.82m	46°	1m	20%	310°	9.9m/s	3.7m/s	0.41m	16s
21:00 Night	0%	0%	1%	0.81m	47°	1m	1%	313°	7.5m/s	3.7m/s	0.41m	16s
22:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.8m	47°	1m	0%	314°	6.9m/s	3.6m/s	0.4m	16s
23:00 Night	0%	0%	4%	0.79m	47°	1m	4%	287°	6.4m/s	1.8m/s	0.4m	15s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 06:18 · Sunset 19:01
24:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.78m	46°	1m	0%	311°	4.5m/s	2.5m/s	0.39m	15s
01:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.78m	45°	1m	0%	285°	4.5m/s	1.4m/s	0.39m	15s
02:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.77m	45°	1m	0%	204°	5.3m/s	3.6m/s	0.38m	15s
03:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.76m	46°	0.99m	0%	198°	10m/s	5.1m/s	0.39m	15s
04:00 Night	0%	1%	0%	0.76m	46°	0.99m	1%	207°	10m/s	4.6m/s	0.39m	15s
05:00 Night	0%	2%	0%	0.75m	47°	0.98m	2%	222°	9.1m/s	4.6m/s	0.4m	15s
06:00 Night	0%	5%	0%	0.74m	46°	0.98m	5%	212°	8.6m/s	4.5m/s	0.41m	15s
07:00	0%	2%	0%	0.73m	46°	0.99m	2%	214°	8.3m/s	4.4m/s	0.43m	14s
08:00	0%	13%	2%	0.72m	45°	0.99m	15%	218°	9.5m/s	3.9m/s	0.44m	14s
09:00	0%	37%	1%	0.71m	44°	0.99m	37%	214°	8.9m/s	3.6m/s	0.46m	14s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Australian Coast. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Newcastle.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Newcastle during the last 365 days.

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