Forster Beach (Nambucca) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here, and I’ve got a real mixed bag coming our way at Forster Beach (Nambucca) over the next couple of weeks. This spot is a beginner-friendly, exposed beach break, and it’s only really on the menu from Friday morning, 14 August, onward. The water temp sits at about 67°, which is pretty standard for this time of year – nothing unusual there.

The first proper session to get excited about is Friday morning, 14 August. We’ve got a clean 6ft S swell with moderate energy (770) and a light cross-off breeze. It’s surfable, but honestly, the quality starts sliding later that day and into the weekend – Saturday and Sunday are mostly just marginal slop with onshore winds and only okay conditions. I’d give Friday morning a look-in, but don’t expect much magic.

The real standout arrives Monday morning, 17 August. The ESE swell comes in at 6ft with moderate energy (473), and the wind is light cross-off. By the afternoon it gets glassy with a 5ft swell (323 energy) – that’s the kind of clean, smooth lineup that makes you want to call in sick. Tuesday morning, 18 August, follows up nicely with a very good 6ft ESE swell and moderate to strong energy (686), still with light cross-off wind. Those two mornings are your best bets this week.

Midweek, Wednesday 19 August morning has a nice 5ft SE groundswell with decent period (10s) and light wind, giving clean waves with a bit more punch, but the onshores hit in the afternoon. Thursday 20 August is similar – clean mornings, fading into average afternoons.

We hit a quiet patch from Friday 21 August through Wednesday 26 August. The swell drops right off – under 3ft from the east – with mostly weak energy (under 200), and a lot of onshore or bumpy conditions. There’s an offshore glassy session on Saturday 22 August afternoon with a tiny 3ft ENE swell (102 energy), but it’s not worth paddling out for unless you’re on a longboard and desperate.

Then the energy returns with a vengeance. Sunday morning, 23 August, the swell jumps to 10ft from the south with strong wind and massive energy (2077) – but it’s too big for this break. This is expert-only, and even then, a beach break this size will be a washing machine. That holds through to Saturday 29 August, with swells consistently over 8ft and energy in the thousands. Most days the wind is cross-off, but the size and power are only for the brave. On Monday morning, 24 August, though, there’s a window – a clean, glassy 6ft SSE swell (641 energy) – that’s actually very good for a strong, solid session early in the day, before the NE wind ruins it by afternoon.

Overall, the best bet is Tuesday morning, 18 August – clean, solid 6ft ESE swell with good energy (686), light cross-off wind, and that break has decent consistency. Second pick is Monday morning, 24 August – glassy and clean, but you’ll need to get in early before the wind shifts. The late-August south swells are too wild for most, so if you’re not an expert, stick to the earlier part of the forecast.

Rusty.

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