Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 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
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 12AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.6
N
2.1
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.3
ESE
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)7777771212121212126777777661166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19914311910289757414814815314610616340123818112477584331232215
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
WSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
1.92
4:46AM
2.05
5:13PM
1.92
5:48AM
2.08
6:14PM
1.96
6:42AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
0.37
11:13AM
0.44
11:33PM
0.37
12:14PM
0.38
12:32AM
0.34
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-
Sunset-7:22-------7:20-------7:19------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------11-----------
Temp. °C222119181818192121202020211920222219181817161718
Feels °C (?)232321202020212121212219191720212118181714131314
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