Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.7°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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 9AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
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3
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
S
9
2.4
S
8
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
9
2.4
S
9
2.1
S
9
2.1
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
8
1.5
S
8
2.5
S
8
3
S
8
3.5
S
9
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
11
3
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
493
742
986
1190
1104
929
694
602
547
516
413
371
313
324
756
1367
1884
2507
2708
1969
1545
1688
2118
2152
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
10
S
5
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
15
SE
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:56AM1.21m
6:04PM1.71m
6:50AM1.31m
6:57PM1.74m
7:36AM1.40m
7:45PM1.73m
Low Tide
00:04AM0.27m
11:39AM0.41m
00:51AM0.19m
12:35PM0.32m
1:32AM0.15m
1:24PM0.26m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:56
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
5:37
 mm
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
16
17
17
16
15
13
12
11
16
17
16
16
15
15
14
15
14
15
16
15
16
Feels °C
10
11
10
11
12
12
13
13
11
10
9
14
13
9
9
7
8
8
10
9
10
11
10
12
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