Forresters Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.39° S 151.49° E

Forresters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forresters sea temperature is
17.8°C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Forresters today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 3AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (16 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue night, light winds from the ENE by Fri morning).

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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)
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
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0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
5
2
S
6
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
10
3
S
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.1
SSE
9
2
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
38
335
994
1535
1441
1902
2423
2196
2124
2316
2479
2864
2274
1737
1001
721
627
488
Wind (km/h)
20
S
40
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ENE
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross
off
High Tide
10:54PM1.12m
11:13AM1.40m
11:39PM1.01m
11:59AM1.34m
Low Tide
5:01PM0.31m
4:42AM0.37m
5:51PM0.39m
5:18AM0.46m
6:50PM0.46m
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:45
5:45
 mm
1
Temp °C
17
14
13
13
11
12
13
14
15
15
14
11
10
13
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
15
7
6
5
3
4
4
5
6
7
7
5
4
8
9
11
11
11
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