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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
22.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 1PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
0.7
NE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
3
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
1.3
ENE
0.1
S
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
0.7
SSW
1.7
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)66551414141413161678888881488367
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69334497444445500000004007210294
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
35
NE
30
NNE
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
1.46
1:34AM
1.19
1:18PM
1.29
2:25AM
1.21
2:07PM
1.14
3:18AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
0.42
7:14PM
0.18
7:15AM
0.50
7:53PM
0.26
8:20AM
0.56
8:33PM
0.34
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:54-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212525242322211920242525242422242934353128212121
Feels °C (?)212222212020201819222221202221232631322726171717
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