Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.4°C
0.2° 

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 (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 2AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (20 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (20 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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 31°C on Mon morning, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.7
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.5
S
19
0.7
S
18
0.8
S
18
0.8
S
17
0.7
S
17
0.6
S
17
0.5
S
16
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
12
1.3
S
12
1.6
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
154
115
88
65
68
119
185
178
318
395
386
290
207
129
152
166
497
164
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
ENE
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:43AM0.94m
3:03PM1.36m
3:57AM0.97m
4:01PM1.39m
Low Tide
9:20PM0.62m
8:08AM0.68m
10:32PM0.56m
9:30AM0.68m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:44
 mm
Temp °C
22
21
19
19
18
23
23
22
22
24
23
21
22
28
31
21
18
18
Feels °C
20
18
15
15
15
20
18
20
20
21
19
16
17
24
27
17
15
16
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