Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 05 Sep 2025 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
14.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 7AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)3s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
NE
0.1
E
0.3
NNW
0.5
N
0.8
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
1
N
1.2
N
1.9
NNW
1.2
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)893344456777777798888898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)45592549404365130580138958799751341551268995747358
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
1.80
5:16PM
1.95
5:31AM
1.88
6:04PM
2.07
6:22AM
1.99
6:50PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
0.45
11:36PM
0.53
11:51AM
0.36
12:26AM
0.40
12:40PM
0.27
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:04-------6:04-------6:05--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------2------------
Temp. °C121112151615141414131311121211111112131413131212
Feels °C (?)1091012121112121212117776568887999
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks (light winds from the ESE at Kaitaia Airport 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks). A 1.6m groundswell from the SW

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30 km away, 1 h 10 min ago

43 km/h
NNW
0.0
14.5
Air / Water (°C)
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