Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 09 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
24.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 1AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
SSE
0.9
E
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.4
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)77777777777148131313613121210101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)297268217205194174137134102102861071051019896123534948361332520459
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
0
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NW
15
SW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
1.31
1:38PM
0.93
2:08AM
1.25
2:51PM
0.86
3:17AM
1.23
4:22PM
0.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
0.45
7:58AM
0.49
7:14PM
0.52
9:12AM
0.53
8:12PM
0.58
10:35AM
0.52
Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:50---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:17-------7:16
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3322231-----------------
Temp. °C222222222223242423232221202324242323222222242322
Feels °C (?)222324242424242423232323222322222123222220222019
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