Forresters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.39° S 151.49° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forresters sea temperature is

17.6°C

Forresters surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forresters today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 11AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 11	S 10	NE 6	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 5
Wave Graph
kJ	148	113	113	113	143	141	133	100	100	132	132	121	86	83	75	53	33	31	30	29	15	14	14	60
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	NW	WNW	S	SE	SSE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				9:21AM1.49m				9:34PM1.38m				9:57AM1.49m					10:13PM1.25m				10:34AM1.46m
Low Tide		3:07AM0.11m				3:31PM0.19m				3:39AM0.19m					4:15PM0.24m				4:10AM0.28m				5:01PM0.31m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	15	14	13	17	19	18	18	17	16	17	17	21	22	20	21	22	20	18	19	22	18	17	16	13
Feels °C	13	13	12	15	14	13	12	13	14	15	15	18	18	16	18	20	17	16	17	20	15	15	12	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7
kJ	148	113	113	113	143	141	133	112	82	62	39	121	86	83	57	88	69	51	42	36	30	23	22	17
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	SSE 16	E 13	E 13	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 12	ENE 6	E 13	E 13	E 12	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 4	S 9	E 14
kJ	23	21	17	14	25	13	13	100	100	132	132	24	13	12	12	53	33	31	30	29	15	7	14	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 17	E 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	—	—	E 16	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 13	S 9	E 4	—
kJ	129	72	64	58	14	17	17	13	13	13	13	13	—	—	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	14	2	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	SE 3	ESE 3	S 4	S 5
kJ	43	38	34	24	20	44	114	239	207	—	—	72	29	44	75	182	141	—	—	—	4	2	9	60
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	11	22	228	96	23	0	0	0	0	35	23	23	0	1	0	1	11	767	163	153	165
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	2	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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