Forresters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.39° S 151.49° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Forresters sea temperature is

20.9°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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 1PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	4s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat morning, min 11°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	E 7	SW 4	SSW 5	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	16	15	24	46	89	209	341	441	715	537	442	412	290	190	124	94	73	55	38	36	26	44	367	838	1252	1436
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	SW	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	W	W	E	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NW	W	WNW	NE	E	S	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide			6:15AM1.33m				6:15PM1.29m				6:56AM1.43m				7:05PM1.25m				7:33AM1.52m				7:50PM1.21m
Low Tide	11:49PM0.20m				12:18PM0.39m				00:30AM0.20m				1:11PM0.31m				1:07AM0.22m				1:57PM0.24m				1:41AM0.24m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	7:25
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	18	20	18	18	18	17	15	14	15	18	18	19	19	17	16	16	18	24	24	20	16	15	13	11
Feels °C	14	14	13	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	16	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	22	20	15	10	8	7	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	E 7	E 7	NE 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	E 9	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	ENE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	S 9
kJ	16	15	15	18	33	34	20	39	552	537	442	412	290	190	124	94	73	55	82	36	26	40	40	42	28	950
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	E 7	S 12	NE 8	E 9	—	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 8	NE 5	ENE 6	SSE 7	ENE 6	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	S 18	S 18	ENE 9
kJ	25	26	17	8	3	2	15	—	26	26	25	25	4	4	25	24	28	29	38	15	26	6	14	6	6	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	S 8	S 12	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 15	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 13	ENE 9	S 16	S 15	S 18	—	S 17	S 17
kJ	5	4	1	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	—	4	4	24	24	3	26	5	5	7	—	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 3	SW 4	SSW 5	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	E 9	E 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	—	ENE 6	SE 7	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9
kJ	—	2	24	46	89	209	341	441	715	—	—	—	52	22	36	42	72	—	—	—	15	44	367	838	1252	1436
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	4
Distance (km)	5	1	16	38	404	482	163	15	0	0	0	22	475	566	78	23	0	0	0	0	23	14	222	154	31	34
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1					3	4	3	3	1				1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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