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Lat Long: 30.57° S 153.02° E

Forster Beach (Nambucca) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach (Nambucca) sea temperature is
19.5°C
1.0° 

Forster Beach (Nambucca) 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 (Nambucca) today (03 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach (Nambucca) at 10PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)--
Afternoon (03 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (03 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sun morning, calm by Sun night).

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NE
6
1.8
NE
6
1.7
NE
6
1.7
NE
6
1.8
NE
6
1.7
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.7
NE
8
2
NE
6
2.5
NE
7
2.3
NE
7
2.2
NE
8
2
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
10
1.6
ENE
10
1.8
NE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
178
248
205
224
259
271
255
373
331
595
558
530
477
392
544
461
585
402
370
370
Wind (km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
N
15
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
WSW
0
W
0
SSE
10
NNE
15
ENE
5
NNW
10
W
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
glassy
off
High Tide
1:10PM1.45m
1:57AM0.87m
2:28PM1.44m
3:25AM0.91m
3:41PM1.46m
Low Tide
8:16PM0.32m
7:27AM0.38m
9:37PM0.28m
8:55AM0.38m
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cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
22
20
18
17
17
16
16
23
24
21
20
19
17
16
17
19
19
21
21
20
Feels °C
17
15
14
14
16
14
14
21
19
17
17
19
18
17
19
21
18
20
22
20
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