Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Issued: 9 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is

19.7°C

Forster Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forster Beach today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 6PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 13						Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	NE 6	NNE 6	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	223	227	235	191	191	188	191	209	202	180	174	132	138	171	81	112	95	82	74	85	100	79
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	SW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		9:34AM1.52m				9:45PM1.48m					10:11AM1.52m				10:22PM1.36m				10:50AM1.49m
Low Tide				3:33PM0.28m				3:48AM0.26m					4:15PM0.35m				4:17AM0.33m				4:58PM0.43m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	17	19	18	17	17	15	14	14	18	20	19	19	17	16	16	17	21	22	21	20	17
Feels °C	11	14	14	12	11	13	11	11	11	15	16	14	16	14	13	14	15	20	20	20	20	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	223	227	235	191	191	188	191	209	202	180	174	132	121	85	81	54	31	82	30	17	100	79
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	S 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 13	S 10	ENE 13	ENE 14	S 10	ENE 14
kJ	184	163	97	51	48	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	31	17	19	16	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 18	S 18	E 9	N 13	E 8	E 16	E 16	—	S 15	E 16	E 16	ENE 13	ENE 14	N 12	ENE 14	N 12
kJ	35	17	17	17	17	17	6	6	2	3	1	5	5	—	5	5	5	17	18	3	19	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	S 9
kJ	16	16	34	63	92	87	87	62	47	45	55	126	138	171	152	112	95	131	74	85	150	61
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	35	52	187	379	195	59	59	35	35	34	187	187	79	35	35	35	0	5	622	175	0	120
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Rating (10 max)	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	2			1	1	2	1	1	2			2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	6	4	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	5	5	5	5	5

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