Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Forster Beach today (13 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 4AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (13 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 7s |
| Evening (13 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Forster Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Wed 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 266 | 268 | 311 | 210 | 268 | 268 | 215 | 192 | 685 | 625 | 549 | 408 | 432 | 351 | 360 | 351 | 234 | 191 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 8:05PM1.84m | 8:43AM1.37m | 8:51PM1.82m | 9:27AM1.41m | 9:35PM1.75m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:40AM0.11m | 2:23PM0.24m | 3:20AM0.12m | 3:09PM0.25m | ||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:21 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 266 | 81 | 74 | 74 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 549 | 625 | 549 | 408 | 320 | 260 | 258 | 262 | 234 | 191 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | S 18 | S 17 | — | S 21 | S 21 | S 16 | S 20 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 15 | S 15 |
| kJ | 69 | 6 | 6 | — | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 71 | 106 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 21 | N 11 | S 20 | S 16 | N 7 | S 19 | S 18 | S 16 | S 16 | S 20 | S 19 | S 16 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
| kJ | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 30 | 62 | 48 | 30 | 30 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 9 | — | — | — | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | — | — |
| kJ | 21 | 268 | 311 | 210 | 268 | 268 | 215 | 192 | 685 | — | — | — | 432 | 351 | 360 | 351 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 201 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 69 | 22 | 13 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Port Macquarie | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Forster Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest