Forster Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Right off the bat, let’s be straight with you. The next 16 days at Forster Beach are a mixed bag, with a frustrating couple of days to start. But for those willing to wait, there are a few proper moments of glory hiding in there, especially around the 10th and again later in the week after that.

We’re looking at a run where the surf just seems to switch on and off. For the next couple of days, Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th, it’s looking pretty weak and messy. Small, junky waves with onshore breezes – honestly, not worth getting wet for. This is a good time to sort the shed or fix that leaky wetsuit. The swell energy is low, fluctuating between 94 and 207, so the ocean is just about flat-lining. It’s a quiet start, but don't let it get you down.

Then, Monday the 10th rolls around and it’s like someone flips a switch. We’ve got a proper pulse of swell showing up for the morning, with a solid 8ft of northeast groundswell hitting the beach. The energy is cranking at 931, which is a strong reading, and we’ve got a gentle offshore wind from the west-southwest. This is the standout of the whole first week. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so still chilly but not crazy. Forster Beach is your classic beginner-friendly, fairly exposed beach, but with this much juice and clean conditions, it’s going to be a lot of fun. Get out there early before the afternoon breeze junkies it up and the size drops back to 6ft.

After that Monday morning highlight, things settle down again. Tuesday the 11th is small and clean but pretty weak, dropping back to under 3ft. Wednesday the 12th sees a bit of a spike with a longer-period southerly swell, but it’s marginal and the winds are iffy. By Thursday the 13th, it’s getting a bit chunky again—around 7ft—but the south winds are cross-shore and messing it up. Not ideal.

The next real window is Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th. The swell settles back to around 5ft from the south, and we get glassy conditions early in the mornings. These are clean, fun-sized days, not as big as Monday but much more user-friendly. The energy is moderate, around the 400-500 mark, and it’ll be a lot more consistent than the early part of the week. Crowds could be a bit of a factor on these better mornings, so get down early for the cleanest sets.

The second week is a bit more of a long-range promise. Things look a little less certain, but there are some encouraging signs. The 17th and 18th have some good-looking spells, with clean conditions and glassy mornings. On the 18th, we see some southeast swell coming through at around 5ft, which looks really promising for the beach. Further out, the 22nd and 23rd have that classic post-frontal pattern with offshore winds and some decent east-northeast swell at about 5ft. That’s looking like a nice weekend finish, but we’ll have to see how it develops. The period is a bit shorter on those days, so we might get some closeouts, but it could be a great way to end the run.

One final note on the 19th and 20th – we’ve got a solid 6-7ft of east-southeast swell, but the winds are just going to be too onshore and messy. That’s going to be a washing machine out there, more for a kite than a paddleboard.

So, my call is simple. If you want the biggest, most powerful surf, set your alarm for Monday the 10th. For the cleanest, most fun waves that a wider range of surfers can handle, target Friday the 14th and Saturday the 15th, and keep an eye on the 22nd and 23rd. The ocean will give us something, it always does.

Rusty.

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