Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.0°C
0.0° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 12PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sat night, light winds from the SSE by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
10
1.5
NNE
6
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
1.1
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
7
1.6
S
8
1.9
S
8
3
S
10
3
S
11
2.5
S
10
2.1
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.5
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
123
184
127
117
151
87
70
68
48
94
201
277
287
489
1792
2234
1353
832
528
398
349
373
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
20
SSE
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:43PM1.52m
3:28AM1.07m
3:54PM1.58m
4:48AM1.12m
5:03PM1.64m
Low Tide
7:51AM0.52m
9:48PM0.46m
9:14AM0.53m
11:06PM0.37m
10:33AM0.49m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:01
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:35
5:35
5:36
 mm
1
Temp °C
16
21
25
30
28
24
20
21
18
20
20
19
18
16
15
16
16
17
18
18
17
16
Feels °C
13
18
21
26
24
21
18
15
12
13
13
13
14
13
13
13
14
15
16
14
14
14
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