Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Issued: 12 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is

16.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Forestry today (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 9AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	7s
Evening (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed night, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Wed night, fresh winds from the SW by Thu morning).
	Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	N 5	N 5	N 6	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	NNW 7	NE 10	NE 10	N 6	NE 10	NE 9	N 7	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 5	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	NE 10	NE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	45	53	94	205	558	146	97	147	23	23	47	29	23	14	14	22	117	249	191	101	66	45	29	25
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	S	S	SSW	ESE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross-off
High Tide	10:38PM2.08m				11:06AM2.14m				11:20PM2.00m				11:48AM2.06m				00:02AM1.92m				12:33PM1.98m
Low Tide			4:58AM0.25m				5:25PM0.39m				5:39AM0.32m				6:08PM0.47m				6:22AM0.40m				6:54PM0.55m


	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—
mm	—	—	—	2	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	17	16	13	14	14	12	11	12	11	13	15	15	13	12	10	10	8	11	13	14	13	11
Feels °C	14	14	14	12	8	9	10	7	6	5	7	9	10	12	9	9	7	5	3	6	8	11	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	NE 9	N 6	ESE 7	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 7	E 6	E 6
kJ	45	45	45	37	342	146	97	23	23	23	47	29	14	14	7	7	14	3	135	15	15	45	29	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 12	—	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	E 15	N 11	N 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 6	ENE 10	NE 10	N 6	NE 13	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	3	3	3	—	25	23	23	4	2	2	23	23	23	14	14	22	7	10	15	1	7	14	24	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	—	—	—	N 12	NE 16	NE 15	—	—	—	N 11	NE 14	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	—	NE 14	NE 14	N 6	NE 13	N 18	NE 13	N 17	N 17
kJ	3	—	—	—	3	9	9	—	—	—	2	8	8	8	8	—	7	7	1	7	6	7	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	NNW 7	W 4	W 4	NNW 7	NNW 4	NW 5	W 4	WSW 4	SW 3	S 4	S 2	SSE 2	ESE 5	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 4	—	—
kJ	43	53	94	205	558	20	21	147	59	96	48	24	6	3	1	1	117	249	191	101	66	1	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Omaha Beach and Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Homunga Bay Coromandel	Omaha Beach and Bar Northland	Forestry Northland	Waipu Cove Northland	The Ledge Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Pakiri beach Northland	Te Arai Point Northland	Forestry Northland	Langs beach Northland	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Black Swamp Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	66	154	405	206	141	0	16	66	66	169	16	0	26	135	175	85	10	6	0	22	179	11	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Ngunguru Bar			Houhora Harbour Bar	Takou Bay	Helena Bay	Taupo Bay	Taupo Bay	Ngunguru Bar		Waipu River	Takou Bay	Pataua	The Ledge	Taipa Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Waipu River	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Ledge	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Fairway Reef	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	1			2	2	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Inner Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5

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