Forster Beach (Nambucca) surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forster Beach (Nambucca) today?

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach (Nambucca) at 7AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.2
E
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
S
Period(s) (?)10101099910101010988888812788101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2022021941421391101451641581168050355034333211270442524102212022222
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
ESE
15
E
15
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
WNW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51AM
1.46
7:25PM
1.54
7:35AM
1.43
8:05PM
1.66
8:20AM
1.37
8:48PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
0.15
1:08PM
-0.03
1:36AM
0.07
1:44PM
-0.05
2:25AM
0.02
2:21PM
-0.04
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:07-------6:07-------6:07-----
Sunset-----5:27-------5:25-------5:24--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716202122211918181926272522191917162021201916
Feels °C (?)171715212121201917151623252221171412121517161614
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