Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 04 Jul 2025 AEST
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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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 8PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)--
Afternoon (04 Jul)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (04 Jul)7ft (2.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
E
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
E
1.2
SW
1.5
S
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)9910101010101010999988888888888896777776661010101010101010101111111111111011111188991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)189197095110219879247296265224003622862321751711481341009797727159572858948090999377614445282425232521374140507658707790946977832163421574180925322761
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
0
SSW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
1.27
3:31AM
0.96
4:22PM
1.33
4:35AM
0.93
5:08PM
1.39
5:35AM
0.94
5:52PM
1.45
6:27AM
0.96
6:35PM
1.51
7:14AM
0.99
7:16PM
1.57
7:57AM
1.02
7:56PM
1.62
8:38AM
1.05
8:35PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
0.56
9:28AM
0.42
11:07PM
0.50
10:16AM
0.44
12:00AM
0.42
11:04AM
0.44
12:46AM
0.35
11:51AM
0.42
1:28AM
0.28
12:36PM
0.40
2:08AM
0.22
1:19PM
0.37
2:47AM
0.17
2:01PM
0.35
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56-----
Sunset-4:58-------4:58-------4:59-------4:59-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00-------5:00--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615141312121214161615141413151819171614131113161614121111101315161414151413131616131110991214141010101091114141110
Feels °C (?)131414121110101011131313121311131516151310868111298886810108898671011876446752132358754
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