Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
19.0°C
0.0° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 12AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Fri night, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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)
1.4
S
12
1.6
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.1
S
9
0.9
S
9
0.6
S
12
0.7
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
10
1.4
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
0.6
S
10
0.9
NE
6
0.5
S
10
1.3
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
1.5
SSW
8
1.7
S
7
2
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
572
621
333
198
125
105
123
184
127
120
137
89
71
64
47
163
197
240
320
503
Wind (km/h)
15
E
10
E
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
30
S
20
S
15
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
1:33PM1.49m
2:08AM1.08m
2:43PM1.52m
3:28AM1.07m
3:54PM1.58m
Low Tide
8:17PM0.50m
7:51AM0.52m
9:48PM0.46m
9:14AM0.53m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:35
 mm
Temp °C
18
18
18
17
16
16
16
20
24
27
26
23
22
20
17
19
21
19
18
17
Feels °C
16
16
16
16
15
14
14
17
19
23
23
19
20
13
11
12
15
13
14
14
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