Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 4AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)111111101111111111667776666777877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)595779758284116156831451401077983686051158222333569699681654
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
ESE
25
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:28PM
2.39
10:47AM
2.23
11:22PM
2.32
11:43AM
2.13
12:20AM
2.24
12:43PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
0.18
5:11PM
0.08
5:48AM
0.24
6:07PM
0.17
6:48AM
0.32
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:50-------6:52-------6:52---
Sunset------5:46-------5:45-------5:45-
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------16341--
Temp. °C111010111213131314131111121313131212111314151415
Feels °C (?)8777891010119789910101010910109911
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