Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
20.0°C
0.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 10PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)--
Afternoon (07 Oct)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (07 Oct)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
9
3
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.4
S
9
2
S
9
2.2
S
11
2.1
S
10
1.9
S
10
1.9
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
2
SSE
11
2.2
SSE
11
2.1
SSE
11
2.1
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
10
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1464
1909
1568
1222
896
595
1109
849
654
601
521
286
362
533
938
1061
954
919
676
627
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
15
S
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
E
20
E
20
ENE
25
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
off
off
off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
6:40PM1.62m
7:26AM1.40m
7:32PM1.61m
8:08AM1.48m
8:17PM1.57m
Low Tide
12:28PM0.43m
1:20AM0.22m
1:22PM0.35m
1:58AM0.20m
2:09PM0.29m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
17
18
17
16
14
13
12
13
16
17
18
18
17
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
14
14
12
13
12
11
10
12
14
14
15
14
13
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