Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.4° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 11AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SW by Fri morning).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
10
1.4
SSW
6
1.1
S
7
0.8
S
12
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.1
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.6
S
12
0.7
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
10
1.7
NNE
6
0.7
S
9
0.9
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
75
74
73
73
74
74
73
51
52
33
153
110
181
474
340
198
119
103
123
185
130
199
85
63
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:50PM1.25m
12:29PM1.48m
00:54AM1.15m
1:33PM1.49m
2:08AM1.08m
2:43PM1.52m
Low Tide
5:41AM0.38m
6:52PM0.47m
6:37AM0.46m
8:17PM0.50m
7:51AM0.52m
9:48PM0.46m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:35
 mm
Temp °C
20
19
19
27
29
27
23
20
17
15
14
18
19
17
18
16
16
15
15
21
27
30
25
24
Feels °C
17
16
16
23
24
21
18
15
13
11
11
16
16
15
16
13
14
12
11
17
23
25
23
21
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