Forresters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.39° S 151.49° E

Issued: 4 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Forresters sea temperature is

20.9°C

Forresters surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forresters today (04 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Forresters at 8PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Evening (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, light winds from the W by Fri morning).
	Wed 4				Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 5	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	49	38	39	9	23	23	15	45	180	418	476	1016	972	755	509	317	280	235	192	124	96	73
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	NNE	N	SW	W	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	W	W	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross-off
High Tide			5:19PM1.33m				6:15AM1.33m				6:15PM1.29m				6:56AM1.43m				7:05PM1.25m
Low Tide	11:16AM0.47m				11:49PM0.20m				12:18PM0.39m				00:30AM0.20m				1:11PM0.31m				1:07AM0.22m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	7:24
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	19	18	19	16	17	20	18	18	17	17	15	14	15	17	18	18	18	18	16	15
Feels °C	17	19	19	18	16	14	12	14	12	13	12	14	12	12	13	14	14	13	14	16	16	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	E 6	ENE 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	NE 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 7	S 9	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7
kJ	21	21	39	50	23	23	15	18	33	34	11	715	972	755	509	317	280	235	192	124	96	73
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 12	S 5	S 5	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 7	—	E 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 8	NE 5	ENE 5
kJ	2	3	14	8	25	17	17	15	—	4	14	40	40	26	25	25	4	4	25	24	25	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 13	S 12	E 7	S 5	S 5	S 8	S 9	E 15	E 15	—	—	—	—	E 15	E 14	E 14	—	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 9
kJ	3	3	3	9	5	4	1	2	4	4	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	—	4	4	24	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	—	NNE 7	SW 2	WSW 3	SW 4	S 5	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	—	—	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	—
kJ	49	38	—	20	1	1	15	45	180	418	476	1016	—	—	—	—	25	77	15	29	58	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	566	14	0	1	11	1	97	201	469	559	14	15	0	0	0	22	566	22	78	78	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Newcastle		Backdoor 4	Forresters	Crackneck	Nobbys Reef	Crackneck	Box Beach				JD Reef	JD Reef	JD Reef	JD Reef	JD Reef	Box Head		Box Head		Anna Bay-Morna Point	Crackneck	JD Reef
Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1	1	1				3	3	4	3	3	1		1		1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	6

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