Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 23 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
24.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
4
4
4
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.2
SSE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
1.9
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)77771288899917161514131213131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111110107111151491611952152252756544331170163417831592151012661227
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossoffoffglassoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:33AM
1.56
1:17PM
1.06
1:33AM
1.50
2:34PM
0.97
2:45AM
1.45
4:04PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
0.30
7:20AM
0.24
6:52PM
0.40
8:34AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.49
9:57AM
0.30
Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise----6:58-------7:00-------7:00---
Sunset-------7:00-------6:59-------6:58
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C222222212122232322222120202222222120191919232523
Feels °C (?)222222222322222221222321212322222121202020232324
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