Forster Beach (Nambucca) Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.57° S 153.02° E

Forster Beach (Nambucca) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forster Beach (Nambucca) sea temperature is
19.6° C
0.4° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forster Beach (Nambucca) at 7PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)--
Afternoon (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.4
SE
8
2.4
SE
8
2.3
SE
7
2.2
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
2
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
2.1
SE
8
2.3
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
ESE
9
2.5
E
10
3
ESE
10
3
ESE
11
3
E
10
3
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
810
762
740
721
657
614
558
521
472
470
440
371
371
398
440
496
655
1010
1060
1347
1957
2245
1716
1789
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:42PM1.82m
10:15AM1.17m
10:27PM1.70m
11:05AM1.19m
11:11PM1.54m
Low Tide
3:06PM0.05m
4:23AM-0.02m
3:56PM0.11m
5:05AM0.02m
4:47PM0.21m
5:45AM0.08m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:04
5:05
5:05
5:06
 mm
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
17
18
18
16
15
14
14
14
14
16
17
16
16
15
15
15
17
Feels °C
12
11
12
13
12
12
11
12
13
14
11
12
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
13
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