Forresters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.39° S 151.49° E

Issued: 10 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forresters sea temperature is

20.8°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 (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 3PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 10						Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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)	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	1244	1155	1018	954	716	554	480	424	360	266	287	182	148	126	102	70	211	118	109	94	75	55	44	66
Wind (km/h)	NW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NW	W	W	SSE	ESE	E	NNW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross	glassy
High Tide		9:15AM1.61m				9:52PM1.10m				9:50AM1.59m				10:32PM1.05m				10:27AM1.55m					11:13PM1.01m
Low Tide				3:58PM0.17m				3:20AM0.36m				4:38PM0.19m				3:55AM0.40m					5:19PM0.23m			4:32AM0.45m


	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	7:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	22	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19
Feels °C	13	14	14	13	15	17	18	16	17	22	18	18	19	20	18	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 5	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7
kJ	1244	1155	1018	954	716	554	480	424	360	266	287	182	148	126	102	70	6	29	25	24	75	55	44	66
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	S 13	E 11	E 11	E 11	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	S 10	S 10	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	SE 11	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9
kJ	9	9	14	9	9	9	14	8	6	6	8	8	9	11	9	6	31	9	7	8	23	21	21	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 13	E 11	E 11	E 11	S 12	E 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	E 10	E 10	S 10	E 10	S 9	ESE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 8	NE 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	3	14	9	9	9	11	9	10	9	9	9	8	7	8	6	14	7	7	7	7	10	9	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 3	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	NE 5	E 4	NE 4	—	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	7	12	21	21	25	18	—	—	4	10	21	—	9	37	211	118	109	94	—	—	—	—
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Distance (km)	0	58	767	167	78	11	0	0	0	7	921	78	11	0	0	14	14	165	163	14	14	14	11	0
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