Forster Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.20° S 152.54° E

Forster Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach sea temperature is
20.1°C
0.9° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach at 9AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)11s

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 Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed morning, calm by Fri morning).

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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)
0
1
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3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
S
6
3
S
8
3.5
S
9
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
4
S
11
4
S
11
4
S
11
4
S
11
4
S
11
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
11
3
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.2
S
9
2
S
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
S
9
1.7
S
9
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
380
1187
2245
2442
2648
3545
3545
3706
3414
3251
2822
2408
1818
1524
1170
866
675
599
528
452
495
463
400
349
Wind (km/h)
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
11:00PM1.23m
11:30AM1.45m
11:41PM1.12m
12:16PM1.41m
00:32AM1.02m
1:07PM1.38m
Low Tide
4:46AM0.40m
5:45PM0.52m
5:18AM0.48m
6:43PM0.59m
5:56AM0.56m
7:55PM0.64m
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:47
5:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:43
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
14
15
14
15
14
15
14
14
13
11
13
15
15
14
13
12
12
16
17
18
18
18
Feels °C
9
8
7
7
5
7
6
7
7
8
8
6
8
11
12
13
11
10
10
15
13
15
14
15
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