Forster Beach surf break

Forster Beach surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Forster Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
24.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Forster Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 1PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NE
1.7
NE
2.1
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
SSW
1.9
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
SE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)888888888788899987777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4133354778851089836719532392284419592716876463332257181359462366278180138
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
10
E
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
1.33
3:06AM
1.31
2:57PM
1.22
3:55AM
1.34
3:45PM
1.13
4:46AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.64
8:35PM
0.45
9:09AM
0.69
9:17PM
0.49
10:21AM
0.71
10:03PM
0.52
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise5:52-------5:54-------5:54-------
Sunset----8:00-------8:00-------8:00---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------12211132--
Temp. °C222827272623222121222221212121212122212122232120
Feels °C (?)212724242422231919191917181920212122201921252322
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