Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 19 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
23.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 1AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


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Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)8876666666667766666555109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)311817151524363031323451525232383034313243386862
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.51
9:50AM
1.51
10:18PM
1.57
10:34AM
1.42
10:58PM
1.60
11:22AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
0.14
4:02PM
0.07
4:31AM
0.12
4:38PM
0.12
5:21AM
0.13
Thu
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:58---
Sunset-------7:06-------7:05-------7:02
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--31-231---------21-----
Temp. °C222220202022232322222120202122232222222121222222
Feels °C (?)242421212123232323242221212222222221212019212123
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