Forster Beach (Nambucca) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.57° S 153.02° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach (Nambucca) sea temperature is

20.3°C

Forster Beach (Nambucca) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forster Beach (Nambucca) today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach (Nambucca) at 6AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 20s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Mon afternoon, light winds from the N by Mon night).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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)	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	323	275	255	204	179	163	167	158	156	150	180	138	72	142	98	89	59	58	57	44	59	107	101	137
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide				9:14AM1.46m				9:23PM1.40m				9:52AM1.47m				10:00PM1.25m					10:30AM1.44m
Low Tide		3:02AM0.01m				3:20PM0.12m				3:32AM0.06m					4:03PM0.19m				4:02AM0.14m				4:48PM0.28m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	15	14	17	18	18	17	16	14	13	13	19	22	19	18	17	15	14	14	20	23	24	21	21
Feels °C	13	14	13	15	14	14	13	14	12	11	11	16	17	14	14	14	13	12	13	18	20	21	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 6
kJ	323	275	255	204	179	163	167	158	156	150	180	138	72	142	98	89	59	58	57	35	33	19	19	75
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 19	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 18	S 18	S 16	E 13	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 13	S 13	SSE 12	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	SSE 10
kJ	120	143	128	124	64	55	48	13	16	12	13	13	49	2	2	3	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	S 16	E 13	E 13	S 14	E 12	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 10	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 9	E 9	—	N 12	E 12
kJ	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	15	12	2	3	3	2	5	5	5	2	2	—	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ENE 2	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	N 3	NNW 3	NNE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	1	11	15	17	14	1	3	3	17	54	55	45	49	43	38	44	59	107	101	137
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	8	131	223	54	2	2	2	2	8	272	366	8	8	2	2	2	8	438	438	101	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2				2	2	2	2	1			1	1	2	1	1	2			2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
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