Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.9° C
0.7° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 12AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.6m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (09 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
1.8
ESE
12
1.7
ESE
12
2.1
SSE
10
1.9
SSE
10
2.1
SSE
10
2.3
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.5
SE
10
1.4
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1628
1439
936
776
867
706
815
1020
880
800
800
800
681
652
665
753
783
672
634
557
459
398
300
255
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SE
5
SSE
0
S
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:31PM1.36m
2:34AM1.26m
3:28PM1.44m
3:38AM1.20m
4:27PM1.54m
4:47AM1.17m
Low Tide
8:40PM0.60m
8:52AM0.42m
10:00PM0.56m
9:51AM0.41m
11:16PM0.47m
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:50
6:50
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4:58
4:59
4:59
5:00
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
17
16
14
14
15
15
16
16
15
14
13
13
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
12
11
13
Feels °C
12
12
13
13
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
12
11
11
10
11
14
14
14
13
12
10
9
11
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