Forster Beach (Nambucca) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, I’m Rusty. Let’s have a look at what’s coming up for Forster Beach (Nambucca).

The week starts off with a bit of a mixed bag, but there’s a real standout session early on that’s got me excited. Friday morning, the 28th of August, is your best bet and the clear winner here. We’ve got clean 0.9m (3 ft) swell from the SSE with a solid 13-second period – that’s proper groundswell energy rolling in. The wind is glassy out of the ESE at just 5 km/h (3 mph), so the surface will be like a mirror. The combined energy is sitting at 596 (moderate wave energy), and it’s going to be very good surf conditions for a beginner-friendly break like this. Forster Beach is fairly consistent and exposed to the swell, so it should be working. Mind the crowds though, they can show up sometimes.

Later that Friday afternoon, the swell picks up to 1.6m (5 ft) but the wind swings cross-on from the east at 15 km/h (9 mph), making it choppy and marginal. Saturday the 29th is a write-off with rain showers and strong cross-shore winds, though Sunday morning the 30th cleans up a bit with light cross-off winds and a 1.4m (5 ft) SSE swell (9-second period, 627 energy – still moderate). It’s clean but nothing special.

Monday the 31st morning gives you a 1.5m (5 ft) S swell with a clean cross-off breeze, good for a paddle but not a standout. After that, the surf drops off through the first week of September. Tuesday the 1st is onshore junk, and Wednesday the 2nd has a tiny 0.7m (2 ft) SSE swell with a glassy morning but it’s just ordinary. Thursday the 3rd is even smaller. From the 4th to the 6th, we’re looking at poor to marginal conditions with weak energy – combined energy values around 41 to 237 – and messy winds.

Then we get another spike. Sunday the 6th of September afternoon sees a 2.0m (7 ft) S swell (7-second period, 484 energy) going glassy with light ESE wind. That’s good, solid surf but the short period means it’s a bit walled up. The real big one hits Monday the 7th of September morning – a massive 3.0m (10 ft) S swell with glassy conditions and a long 11-second period (energy reading 3294 – very strong wave energy). This is way too big for beginners and only for experts. Forster Beach is exposed to the south, so it’ll be handling all that power, but at that size, it’s more of a show than a paddle for most. After that, the rest of the second week fades into poor, onshore slop with small waves and low energy.

So, bottom line: Friday morning the 28th of August is your session. Glassy, clean, chest-high groundswell with good energy – that’s the one to get wet for. The big swell on the 7th of September is for the brave only. Otherwise, it’s a quiet run with plenty of flat days in between.

Rusty.

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