Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
20.1°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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 5PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (27 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (27 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
S
6
1.9
S
7
1.8
S
8
1.6
S
7
2.4
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
10
1.1
S
10
1.1
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.2
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
221
357
357
275
623
809
643
373
320
313
235
205
212
241
268
230
230
279
349
333
279
268
Wind (km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:13AM1.47m
8:22PM1.49m
8:50AM1.53m
9:04PM1.44m
9:31AM1.58m
9:50PM1.35m
Low Tide
2:17PM0.26m
2:34AM0.18m
3:00PM0.24m
3:08AM0.21m
3:46PM0.25m
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:33
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:31
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:31
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
5:47
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:49
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:49
—
—
 mm
1
1
—
—
2
2
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
18
17
18
17
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
16
14
14
14
10
11
11
12
11
12
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
13
12
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest