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Forster Beach surf break

Forster Beach surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Forster Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forster Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 5PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
S
0.9
ENE
0.8
S
0.9
ENE
1.2
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
NE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)99898888101098858878886667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12511110810510516796949465791091977188107104142173213154171161158
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
1.06
5:38AM
1.43
5:40PM
1.03
6:29AM
1.49
6:43PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
0.68
10:53PM
0.52
12:41PM
0.62
11:45PM
0.51
1:33PM
0.54
12:35AM
0.49
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise5:54-------5:56-------5:56-------
Sunset----8:00-------8:00------7:59----
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11---------------21361-1
Temp. °C222323232322222222232323222222212223242322222221
Feels °C (?)232423232322222322232221212123222223222121202121
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