Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 27 Dec 2025 NZDT
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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 3AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (27 Dec)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (27 Dec)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNW
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
1.3
ENE
2
ENE
2.5
E
3
E
4
E
3
E
2.1
ESE
2.1
NE
Period(s) (?)613131366777776877756788889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)109575655534768101918462434962613890271570117021721367606731
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SSW
5
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
30
E
30
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
55
ESE
30
E
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglassoffglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
1.91
1:09PM
2.10
1:37AM
1.92
1:58PM
2.09
2:32AM
1.94
2:51PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:00AM
0.39
7:40PM
0.37
7:50AM
0.42
8:29PM
0.33
8:45AM
0.45
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:39-------8:40
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1----------------111742-
Temp. °C201716161919192016141314181918181817171717182021
Feels °C (?)201616161818181815131214171716151513121110101819
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