Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 19 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
3
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.7
N
1.9
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)7797888777777777711111011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)198173340287399233193191160136105100826262636357557684848482
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
W
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47PM
2.40
9:04AM
2.34
9:37PM
2.42
9:55AM
2.30
10:28PM
2.39
10:47AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
0.12
3:27PM
-0.03
3:58AM
0.13
4:18PM
0.00
4:52AM
0.18
5:11PM
0.08
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise----6:48-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset------5:50-------5:47-------5:46-
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--22-123---1--1---------
Temp. °C161515141517161513131313141717131212121212141514
Feels °C (?)141312121314141412121213131514998978111313
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