Forster
Kitesurf spot · Australia
Is it worth the trip?
4Poor out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: not enough of the right wind, 13 kn gusting 33, side-shore, Water: chop
Mon 2 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- WSW 3 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 24°C
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- N 7 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- WSW 10 kn
- Gusts
- 23kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Thu 5 · 20 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 13 kn
- Gusts
- 33kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- WSW 2 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 22°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- NW 2 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 27°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 9 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- 0.8 mwaves
- Air
- 19°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Sun 10, poor
- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 520, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces NEopen to the NE
- Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
- Avoid: SWblows out to sea
- Shelteredto the swell
- Water 21 °C2 mm shorty
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 3 knots | 15kn | side | chop | 27°C |
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots | 9kn | offnot safe | chop | 24°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north, 7 knots | 15kn | side-on | chop | 25°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 10 knots | 23kn | offnot safe | chop | 25°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 20, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 13 knots | 33kn | side | chop | 25°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the west-south-west, 2 knots | 8kn | offnot safe | chop | 22°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-west, 2 knots | 8kn | side | chop | 27°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots | 21kn | offnot safe | 0.8 mwaves | 19°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 5 knots | 13kn | offnot safe | chop | 20°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 1 knot | 5kn | side | chop | 24°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots | 13kn | side-on | chop | 24°C |
Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More
Tide
- Sun 1 NovHigh 01:45 +0.2 mLow 07:03 −0.4 mHigh 13:50 +0.8 mLow 20:51 −0.6 m
- Mon 2 NovHigh 03:03 +0.2 mLow 08:20 −0.3 mHigh 15:01 +0.7 mLow 21:58 −0.6 m
- Tue 3 NovHigh 04:16 +0.3 mLow 09:44 −0.3 mHigh 16:11 +0.7 mLow 22:58 −0.7 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Best time to go
No month stands out
Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
- Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.
Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.
Map
the spot, its town, photos
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Forster
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea is about 19°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 25°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Forster. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,750–US$3,350 each
about US$1,750–US$3,350 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.
Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return MDW to SYD, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$925–US$1,920 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$147–US$241 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$355–US$596 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$322–US$596 |
| Total | about US$1,750–US$3,350 |
Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.
Where to stay: Forster
1 min by car · 58 places to stay
about US$134/nightcountry average
About Forster its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.
Getting there: about 31h 15m
About 31h 15m door to door from Chicago
Fly MDW → SYD, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 4h 20m by road
Flights MDW → SYD on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.