Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.8°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 (04 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 11PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (04 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
NE
8
2.1
NE
8
2.1
NE
8
2.1
NE
8
2.3
NE
8
1.9
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
10
1.6
ENE
10
1.5
ENE
9
1.4
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
402
494
546
517
595
458
413
383
360
421
460
404
327
261
261
203
199
199
216
165
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
NE
15
ENE
0
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
NNW
20
ENE
10
NE
0
E
5
W
10
W
5
W
0
S
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
SE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:27PM1.56m
4:27AM1.11m
4:36PM1.58m
5:38AM1.19m
5:42PM1.60m
Low Tide
10:36PM0.38m
10:07AM0.57m
11:43PM0.32m
11:24AM0.51m
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Temp °C
20
19
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18
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23
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21
21
Feels °C
19
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19
18
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19
17
18
23
21
20
20
22
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