Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Issued: 6 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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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 (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16							Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	N 7	N 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	NE 10	NE 10	E 14	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 15
Wave Graph
kJ	23	72	49	24	22	22	14	59	138	143	101	57	26	26	16	17	16	16	16	16	18	15	18
Wind (km/h)	NW	W	SSW	S	S	SSW	SE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide				11:48AM2.06m				00:02AM1.92m				12:33PM1.98m				00:47AM1.83m					1:20PM1.90m
Low Tide		5:39AM0.32m				6:08PM0.47m				6:22AM0.40m				6:54PM0.55m					7:08AM0.48m				7:44PM0.61m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—
mm	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	11	13	16	14	13	12	11	9	8	11	14	14	14	11	12	12	10	13	17	18	14	12
Feels °C	7	7	8	12	9	9	9	8	4	3	6	11	10	10	8	9	10	7	9	13	14	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	NE 9	NE 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6
kJ	23	72	49	24	14	7	14	14	15	15	15	57	26	26	15	14	8	8	8	9	18	9	8
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 6	N 6	N 6	NE 13	NE 13	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	2	23	23	23	22	22	7	3	3	7	7	9	15	15	16	17	9	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 11	NE 14	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	N 18	N 18	NE 13	NE 13	N 17	N 17	N 17	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	N 16	N 15
kJ	—	2	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	14	5	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 4	WNW 4	WSW 4	SSW 3	S 3	SSE 3	ESE 4	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	SSW 4	—	—	—	SSW 3	S 3	S 3	S 3	SSE 5	—	—	SW 2
kJ	54	22	13	6	5	3	10	59	138	143	101	5	—	—	—	2	5	7	7	8	—	—	1
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Daniels Reef Northland	Omaha Beach and Bar Northland	Pakiri beach Northland	Pataua Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Pataua Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Langs beach Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Langs beach Northland	Forestry Northland	Pataua Northland	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland	Pataua Northland	Forestry Northland	Langs beach Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Pataua Northland	Forestry Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	14	16	10	58	175	175	58	0	0	22	0	0	22	0	58	46	58	0	22	0	0	58	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Daniels Reef	Helena Bay	Pakiri beach	Takou Bay	Taipa Bay	Taipa Bay	Pataua	Waipu River	Takou Bay	Taronui Bay-Bombora	Tapuaetahi	Ngataki Beach and Paxton Point	Taronui Bay-Bombora	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Fairway Reef	Matauri Bay	Takou Bay	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Takou Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago
Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5
Header Global	Gerickes Point South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Faial - Praia do Norte Portugal	Sea Vista South Africa	Ahijedero Mexico	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Bocock's Bay Namibia	Papatowai New Zealand	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Pascuales Mexico	Pascuales Mexico	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Nugget Point New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5

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