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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 15 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 9PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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 (?)
1.2
ENE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
1.3
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
S
2
S
1.7
E
2
ESE
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)6101010888888511999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10425191812232316163377148917871565124295062145064110981198118313991056
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
5
NNW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		onononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
0.94
7:28AM
1.49
8:07PM
0.98
8:08AM
1.55
8:47PM
1.02
8:46AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41PM
0.37
12:43AM
0.44
2:22PM
0.30
1:29AM
0.41
2:59PM
0.23
2:10AM
0.37
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------6:00-------6:00-------6:01-
Sunset--8:06-------8:06-------8:06-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
116--11------12444444344
Temp. °C222221212020202223232222212222222222212120212121
Feels °C (?)211919202022212222202020192020202019181817181818
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