Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 15 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Forestry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Forestry sea temperature is
22.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 4PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (15 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (15 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)8899911111111111110101010999988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)509112617017112524018514914911276646464424141383535353434
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
N
15
N
5
N
0
W
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48PM
1.83
7:24AM
1.98
7:36PM
1.90
8:08AM
2.08
8:22PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.61
1:09AM
0.42
1:44PM
0.52
1:56AM
0.34
2:29PM
0.42
2:40AM
0.27
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset---8:17-------8:15-------8:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C192018181617181718202120161515161820212118171616
Feels °C (?)141413111314141315161718151415161818202219171616
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