Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.6° C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Forster Beach today (18 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 6AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (18 Jul)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (18 Jul)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SE
7
1.5
ESE
7
1.6
SE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.6
ESE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.6
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.9
E
9
2.5
E
11
3
E
11
3
E
11
3
E
11
3
E
10
2.5
E
10
2.5
E
10
2.5
E
10
2.5
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
227
205
233
166
250
323
294
373
548
1732
2343
2218
2018
1734
1458
1489
1406
1328
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:43PM1.75m
11:24AM1.34m
11:27PM1.63m
12:10PM1.34m
Low Tide
4:10PM0.34m
5:13AM0.21m
5:00PM0.41m
5:53AM0.28m
5:51PM0.50m
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6:48
6:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:04
5:04
 mm
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
14
15
17
17
16
17
17
16
17
16
17
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
13
13
13
11
11
13
12
12
13
12
12
12
11
12
12
13
14
13
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