Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 21 Dec 2025 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
22.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 8AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 21). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (21 Dec)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (21 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
SE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.9
E
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)11101010101010999994456109888556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)228181717292726262525212580127363280167995440130242
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
20
E
15
SE
10
SW
10
SW
5
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
E
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
30
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrossglasscross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39AM
1.61
10:22PM
1.03
10:16AM
1.60
11:02PM
1.03
10:53AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
0.38
4:31PM
0.18
3:42AM
0.39
5:08PM
0.18
4:21AM
0.41
5:46PM
0.18
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Sunrise--5:39-------5:41-------5:41-----
Sunset------8:01-------8:02-------8:02-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242223272624242424262730262421202020212222232119
Feels °C (?)272225292625262626272731272319192021232121231816
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