- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Forster Beach (Nambucca) Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Forster Beach (Nambucca) surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 05 May 2026 AESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Forster Beach (Nambucca) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Forster Beach (Nambucca) sea temperature is
23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Forster Beach (Nambucca) today?
The current surf forecast for Forster Beach (Nambucca) at 8AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (05 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (05 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Forster Beach (Nambucca). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 5 | Wednesday 6 | Thursday 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
1401 | 1288 | 1151 | 1049 | 951 | 932 | 934 | 917 | 727 | 714 | 687 | 590 | 590 | 592 | 514 | 512 | 450 | 441 | 377 | 369 | 312 | 305 | 255 | 214 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 10:03AM0.96m | 10:23PM1.46m | 10:45AM0.91m | 11:06PM1.40m | 11:35AM0.86m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:25AM0.26m | 3:39PM0.29m | 5:09AM0.31m | 4:17PM0.34m | 5:59AM0.35m | 5:00PM0.40m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 14 |
19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 6 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
 kJ | 1401 | 1288 | 1151 | 1049 | 951 | 932 | 934 | 917 | 727 | 714 | 687 | 590 | 590 | 592 | 514 | 512 | 450 | 441 | 377 | 369 | 312 | 305 | 255 | 214 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 11 | NE 10 | NE 10 | N 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 9 | NE 9 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 5 | S 16 | S 15 | S 11 | S 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 7 | S 7 | NE 9 | NE 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 11 | NE 11 | S 17 | N 8 | NE 11 | S 15 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | NE 9 | S 12 | S 11 |
| kJ | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | — | SW 3 | SSW 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 71 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Port Macquarie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Forster Beach (Nambucca) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest