Forresters Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 25 May 2026 AEST

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 21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 8AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 May)	8ft (2.4m)	11s
Afternoon (25 May)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Evening (25 May)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon night, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	!	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
Wave Graph
kJ	1673	1616	1559	1452	1478	1382	1398	1398	1302	1324	1347	1347	1347	1934	2322	1797	1656	1712	1595	1436	1436	1351	1308	1148
Wind (km/h)	NE	N	W	SW	SE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	W	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	E	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on
High Tide		3:15AM1.25m					4:23PM1.27m				4:15AM1.18m				5:08PM1.36m				5:10AM1.12m				5:47PM1.43m
Low Tide				9:49AM0.25m					10:27PM0.49m				10:32AM0.28m				11:27PM0.43m				11:10AM0.31m


	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:55	—	—
mm	2	2	1	—	1	1	—	1	1	—	1	2	2	3	4	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	3	3
Temp °C	19	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	17	16	17	18	19	19	20
Feels °C	18	18	17	17	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	18	18	19	19	17	16	17	19	20	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	1673	1616	1559	1452	1478	1382	1398	1398	1302	1324	1347	1347	1347	1344	1797	1797	1656	1712	1595	1436	1436	1351	1308	1148
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 18	S 16	S 16	SSE 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9
kJ	3	2	2	6	21	20	44	37	35	31	28	26	25	23	21	21	9	9	8	8	8	8	29	27
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 18	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	—	—	—	S 19	S 18	—	—	—	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	—	—	6	8	2	2	—	—	—	—	7	7	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1934	2322	154	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4
Distance (km)	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	46	0	11	32	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	7	54	54	127
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	9	6	6	7	7	8	7	7

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