Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
25.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 10PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)111010101010999999988888161416161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)206214401075970800611528385333286244238197143117959384126579089188181
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.20
7:09AM
1.49
7:52PM
1.30
7:54AM
1.48
8:27PM
1.39
8:34AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.18
12:54AM
0.37
1:41PM
0.15
1:44AM
0.30
2:16PM
0.14
2:28AM
0.24
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-
Sunset-6:53-------6:52-------6:51------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202020201918181920202020191818202121212120191921
Feels °C (?)161718181817171819191919191818212020191920202020
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Forresters surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest