Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forster Beach today (17 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 9AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am June 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jun)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (17 Jun)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Evening (17 Jun)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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)	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	286	240	218	214	210	210	210	231	281	292	292	292	298	346	441	270	450	270	226	214	214	214	170	170
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	N	NE	NE	N	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	WNW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide					10:05AM1.23m				10:12PM1.85m				11:00AM1.24m				11:04PM1.79m				11:54AM1.24m
Low Tide			4:02AM0.15m			3:29PM0.33m					4:54AM0.17m				4:23PM0.39m				5:45AM0.22m				5:18PM0.47m


	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	17	19	19	19	17	17	16	17	18	21	22	20	17
Feels °C	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	18	18	18	16	15	13	14	15	19	21	20	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	286	240	218	214	210	210	210	231	281	292	292	292	298	346	441	270	450	270	226	214	214	214	85	111
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	NE 6	S 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	S 12	ENE 11	ENE 11
kJ	138	136	125	85	84	82	79	50	48	48	47	29	26	25	14	65	6	45	38	40	65	43	170	170
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	S 16	S 13	—	S 12	S 12	S 12	—	S 9	S 11	S 8	S 11	S 11	S 12	S 20	S 11	S 11
kJ	14	14	14	10	10	6	6	5	5	4	—	3	3	3	—	14	2	6	22	22	41	8	41	39
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	—	—	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	—	—	—	NNW 2	—	NE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	11	—	—	11	18	40	78	104	—	—	—	1	—	67	150	192
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	27	35	15	0	0	0	0	15	15	15	15	0	0	0	27	27	15	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	8	8	5	4	4	4	6	5	9	7	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	4

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