Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Forresters surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Forresters sea temperature is
23.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 2PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 05). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
1.2
E
0.8
E
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)111111101010101010889999661615155998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)704744424140201919172868888325442766
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
E
15
E
20
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
10
NE
5
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.50
10:42PM
1.42
10:51AM
1.38
11:16PM
1.43
11:27AM
1.26
11:51PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
0.13
4:47AM
0.23
5:00PM
0.20
5:29AM
0.28
5:29PM
0.28
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise6:43-------6:45-------6:46-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:23-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------331
Temp. °C212323242423222222232425242423232324252524232222
Feels °C (?)242624242323242525252626242423242424252524252423
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