Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 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 4PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.8
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111117776106676777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8284114167119302144105644233374086123303784623343306364294286220
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
2.23
11:22PM
2.32
11:43AM
2.13
12:20AM
2.24
12:43PM
2.03
1:21AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
0.08
5:48AM
0.24
6:07PM
0.17
6:48AM
0.32
7:07PM
0.26
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset--5:46-------5:45-------5:45-----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------------19647134454
Temp. °C131415141414121112131413131111101011111015151515
Feels °C (?)910121211108899111011975576514131211
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