Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 15 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
20.1° 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 4PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
NNW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212111111111111141414141414131313134
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10710271694444242221219991616163636333130302829
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset--5:55-------5:54-------5:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C171818171615161617181815141414141519191716161515
Feels °C (?)121313141412141414141412121212131417171615141312
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