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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 09 Jan 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
23.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)
Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (10 Jan)--
Evening (10 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
NE
1.6
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
S
1
ENE
0.1
S
2.2
NE
0.5
SSW
1.5
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
S
1.9
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)888815148148267778898886777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0000440403160337416444542671742534252191131251252214
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
N
30
NE
25
NNE
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.21
2:07PM
1.14
3:18AM
1.24
3:04PM
1.01
4:13AM
1.27
4:12PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
0.26
8:20AM
0.56
8:33PM
0.34
9:34AM
0.58
9:17PM
0.40
10:51AM
0.57
Fri
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----5:54-------5:54-------5:56---
Sunset8:07-------8:07-------8:07-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------13311111
Temp. °C242423262933353128212121212120201918171820202021
Feels °C (?)212322232529322726171817171816161617171920181820
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