Forestry Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.2° 

Forestry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Forestry today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 9AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s

Table - waves today at Forestry. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.9
NNW
5
1.2
N
5
1.2
N
5
1.2
N
6
1.5
N
6
1.8
N
7
1.6
N
7
1.2
N
7
1.1
N
7
1.4
NNW
7
1.1
N
7
1
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
9
9
9
8
8
40
78
78
86
167
293
285
143
123
193
130
122
104
80
57
41
27
25
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
15
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:35AM2.00m
2:19PM2.05m
2:41AM1.97m
3:26PM2.07m
3:49AM1.97m
4:31PM2.12m
Low Tide
8:03AM0.31m
8:42PM0.47m
9:08AM0.32m
9:50PM0.45m
10:14AM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
13
16
18
16
14
15
16
16
15
16
17
14
13
13
13
11
13
14
15
12
9
Feels °C
9
9
10
13
16
14
11
12
13
13
11
13
13
11
9
9
10
9
11
10
11
9
7
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