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Forresters Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 AEDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
24.8° 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 7AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Mar) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (26 Mar) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (26 Mar) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Forresters. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1080 | 1194 | 1299 | 1269 | 1245 | 1227 | 1236 | 1098 | 944 | 737 | 572 | 494 | 444 | 379 | 1896 | 9169 | 15509 | 14477 | 14048 | 7807 | 8806 | 5183 | 5539 | 4927 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- on | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:45AM 1.45 | 4:04PM 0.95 | 4:04AM 1.43 | 5:24PM 1.00 | 5:17AM 1.45 | 6:25PM 1.09 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:57AM 0.30 | 9:19PM 0.53 | 11:13AM 0.27 | 10:44PM 0.52 | 12:14PM 0.22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 23 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
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