Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Issued: 3 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is

19.2°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 (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 12PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Evening (09 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed night, calm by Fri night).
	Wednesday 9								Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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	0	0	0	1	2	!	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	493	516	413	371	313	324	750	1251	1633	2184	2066	1667	1146	1099	1006	1006	1224	954	1046	936	818	725	653	573
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	ESE	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on
High Tide			6:50AM1.31m				6:57PM1.74m					7:36AM1.40m				7:45PM1.73m				8:18AM1.46m				8:27PM1.68m
Low Tide	00:51AM0.19m				12:35PM0.32m					1:32AM0.15m				1:24PM0.26m				2:10AM0.13m				2:09PM0.23m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	12	16	18	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	12	9	10	14	15	12	10	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10
kJ	493	516	413	371	313	33	57	49	81	75	68	38	38	874	1006	1006	936	954	1046	936	818	725	653	573
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 23	S 23	S 23	S 23	S 22	S 20	S 18	S 17	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 14	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13
kJ	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	42	94	165	263	342	396	314	217	9	8	18	18	18	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 15	ESE 13	S 18	E 16	S 16	E 16	E 16	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 22	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	3	3	3	4	18	6	5	19	5	5	7	7	8	17	21	8	9	9	36	15	8	8	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	—	—	S 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	324	750	1251	1633	2184	2066	1667	1146	1099	—	—	1224	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	26	621	137	137	284	181	137	116	69	91	22	0	13	0	0	13	13	22	13	22
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	1		2	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	9	8
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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