Forresters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.39° S 151.49° E

Issued: 10 pm 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forresters sea temperature is

21.4°C

Forresters surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forresters today (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 3AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Evening (16 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 15		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	91	101	108	117	121	119	140	253	284	159	137	180	167	160	127	98	117	86	68	58
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	glassy
High Tide			1:48AM0.94m				1:23PM1.30m					2:52AM0.97m				2:19PM1.25m				3:53AM1.04m
Low Tide	7:39PM0.35m				6:52AM0.61m					8:31PM0.36m			8:00AM0.65m					9:21PM0.34m


	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	7:36
mm	1	—	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	15	16	15	13	14	14	13	12	13	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7
kJ	74	74	80	45	54	44	46	31	30	159	137	180	167	160	127	98	117	86	68	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	S 18	S 18	E 11	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 10
kJ	18	7	6	22	11	11	10	10	2	28	27	15	14	49	30	30	30	17	16	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 14	S 17	NE 8	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 15	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	S 16	ENE 6	S 15	S 14
kJ	4	4	6	3	6	6	6	6	17	48	31	50	50	8	8	10	5	4	38	58
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 5	E 6	ENE 6	—	ENE 6	E 4
kJ	91	101	108	117	121	119	140	253	284	—	—	—	—	—	8	20	4	—	15	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	149	14	14	14	14	14	201	232	14	7	0	0	0	14	14	299	79	11	0	0
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Rating (10 max)		1	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	2	1		1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	6	6	9	9	7	9	8	6	9	8	5

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