Huge seas knocked over walkers and washed away part of a metal fence guarding the South Newcastle beach skate park construction site on Sunday.
Paramedics treated several people for minor injuries on Nobbys breakwall in the late afternoon as waves crashed over the rocks and path.
Merewether resident Jane Lynch shot a video of a female jogger trying to outrun the huge spray from one wave on the breakwall at 10am on Sunday.
About a third of the South Newcastle fence was lost from the beach while waves up to nearly four metres and a high tide pounded the coast on Sunday morning.
Surfers who frequent the beach said on Sunday that they were concerned about the dislodged fencing becoming a hazard in the water.
A Newcastle council spokesperson said the contractor would retrieve the fence when the swell abated.
A security guard was monitoring the site.
Newcastle beach was closed on Sunday due to the dangerous conditions as the bumper swell produced rideable waves in the harbour.
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