Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Issued: 6 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is

16.8°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5			Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	NNE 7	NNE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	183	183	131	116	160	121	86	84	76	59	51	52	99	120	105	216	328	346	396	311	172	151
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	W	W	NW	NW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide		4:51PM2.08m				5:27AM1.97m				5:46PM2.08m				6:21AM2.03m				6:37PM2.08m
Low Tide				11:20PM0.31m				11:41AM0.40m				00:13AM0.28m				12:35PM0.39m					1:01AM0.24m


	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—
	—	7:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	7:59
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	4	1	5	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	18	17	16	17	19	21	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	20	21	18	16	15	14	14
Feels °C	20	18	19	18	16	17	18	20	20	18	18	17	18	16	16	18	17	18	16	15	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 6	N 10	NE 7	N 15	N 16	N 16	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7
kJ	183	183	131	116	160	121	86	84	76	59	51	52	99	2	105	19	20	20	286	203	172	151
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	NNE 6	N 15	N 15	N 15	N 10	N 15	N 15	NE 12	N 12	N 13	N 16	N 13	N 13	N 14
kJ	2	8	2	2	5	2	2	2	8	18	17	4	2	4	4	6	3	4	20	4	3	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 16	N 10	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 12	N 10	N 10	—	NE 12	N 13	N 16	N 16	N 11
kJ	6	6	6	5	2	5	5	5	5	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	—	6	3	5	5	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 7	N 6	N 7	N 6	N 7	N 6	N 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	NE 6	N 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	—	—
kJ	—	—	33	38	43	38	32	40	25	25	47	42	56	120	59	216	328	346	396	311	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Marsden Point Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Omaha Beach and Bar Northland	Omaha Beach and Bar Northland	Omaha Beach and Bar Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Baylys Beach Northland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Rimmers Road Auckland	Ruakaka Northland	Whitianga Coromandel	Mangahume Taranaki	Orewa Beach Auckland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	1
Distance (km)	66	44	39	16	16	16	17	86	84	73	66	66	73	39	113	374	41	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Ngunguru Bar	Ngunguru Bar	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	The Box	Matauri Bay	Ngunguru Bar	Fairway Reef	Te Paki	Twilight Beach	Matauri Bay	Matauri Bay		Te Paki	Taupo Bay			Ngunguru Bar	Okupe Beach	Waipu River	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	1		2	2			2	3	3	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	The Box Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Clark Island Coromandel	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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