Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 12 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 3PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)20ft (6.0m)14s
Afternoon (12 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
9
7
3
3
2
2
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6
ENE
5
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
1.2
E
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1413121211111010101010109914141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12239771841592143657572426370433480284368232176150264394366356284276219162157
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
30
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
0.65
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:00------5:59-------5:57-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
451-------12------1111--
Temp. °C212019191917161618212019171716151719181615151515
Feels °C (?)221714151715161617202018171715141616161412111111
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