Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.4° 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 3AM is: 6.5m 14s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)20ft (6.0m)13s
Afternoon (12 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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7
8
4
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
NE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
6
ENE
5
ENE
4
ENE
3
NE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
NE
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)1414141413131212111110101010101010991414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061217594153001796111661813444652272777643435370388490302294221180181264487377356284
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
20
SSE
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.57
8:48AM
0.65
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------6:00------5:59-------5:57-
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1015911221711------12------11
Temp. °C202021212021191918181716182121181716151517192017
Feels °C (?)151518181919151515161616172021171716141516171816
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