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Forresters surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 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
23.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forresters today?

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 3PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (15 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (15 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.5
S
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.4
ENE
0.2
S
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)666677712666677777776571110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9268838088707084869268888888697272567010410951826
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
SE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
W
5
W
10
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
1.53
8:23PM
1.08
8:22AM
1.60
8:59PM
1.16
8:58AM
1.64
9:35PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.22
1:53AM
0.35
3:03PM
0.15
2:34AM
0.30
3:35PM
0.09
3:15AM
0.26
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise6:28-------6:28-------6:30-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:45-------7:44----
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111----221--------------
Temp. °C212222222121202021222222212119171821222322211920
Feels °C (?)202020202020202019191920192019161820191919191920
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