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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 01 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
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 1PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212111111101099998888886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9988906266165085694293303462861802001371471229995103938376768096
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise5:47-------5:48-------5:48-------
Sunset----8:06-------8:07-------8:07---
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919191819181819191919191919181920212121202019
Feels °C (?)171514141417161717171717171818181818191920181922
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