Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.2°C
0.3° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 8AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (06 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (06 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
1.3
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
7
1.7
S
7
1.9
S
7
2.3
S
9
3
S
11
2.5
S
10
2.1
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
9
1.6
S
9
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.5
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
70
68
48
122
214
278
392
767
2003
1353
832
528
363
305
324
297
381
747
1233
1575
1463
1225
1041
1043
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:28AM1.07m
3:54PM1.58m
4:48AM1.12m
5:03PM1.64m
5:56AM1.21m
6:04PM1.71m
Low Tide
9:14AM0.53m
11:06PM0.37m
10:33AM0.49m
00:04AM0.27m
11:39AM0.41m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:00
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:36
5:36
 mm
2
2
2
Temp °C
22
21
17
20
20
19
18
17
15
15
16
17
18
18
18
16
15
16
16
17
16
17
16
15
Feels °C
19
14
11
13
13
13
13
14
13
13
14
15
15
15
16
14
12
11
11
11
11
13
13
14
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