Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 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
24.9° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 1PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Afternoon (25 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (25 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.7
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
3
SSW
4
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
6
S
Period(s) (?)16151413121212121212121212121111111111811131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54433800108011941299126912451248124911178346404784072929893262141191423812906
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
0
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
20
ENE
15
NE
15
WSW
15
NW
15
WSW
20
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
55
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34PM
0.97
2:45AM
1.45
4:04PM
0.95
4:04AM
1.43
5:24PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.49
9:57AM
0.30
9:19PM
0.53
11:13AM
0.27
10:44PM
0.52
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise7:00-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset---6:59-------6:58-------6:57----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------2341---52---
Temp. °C192222222221201919242525201918161415141316151413
Feels °C (?)2024222222212220192423252018171378737777
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