Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 9AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
Period(s) (?)1110111111111156777666777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7975828411611281931611358662645647107168452478554569478553506
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
2.23
11:22PM
2.32
11:43AM
2.13
12:20AM
2.24
12:43PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
0.18
5:11PM
0.08
5:48AM
0.24
6:07PM
0.17
6:48AM
0.32
7:07PM
0.26
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:46-------5:45-------5:45---
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----------------14154815510
Temp. °C111112141414141413111213131313121211111211141414
Feels °C (?)8781011121210108899111110107787101011
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