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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 06 Feb 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
22.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 7AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 06). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
E
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1
ENE
1.4
NE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)51110988888888771366661110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5323171312111011121110101091380104721432118171717
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
15
NE
5
WSW
20
SW
15
S
10
SE
15
E
25
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
WSW
10
S
10
SE
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
on		onglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
1.30
12:37PM
1.22
1:23AM
1.29
1:20PM
1.08
2:11AM
1.26
2:13PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
0.22
6:42AM
0.42
6:53PM
0.31
7:36AM
0.50
7:28PM
0.39
8:41AM
0.55
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:20-------6:22-------6:22---
Sunset-------7:53-------7:52-------7:52
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------24331
Temp. °C232323222123242425242322232322222323222019192020
Feels °C (?)222326232225262427272524262624232423232120192019
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