Forestry Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Forestry sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.5° 

Forestry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Forestry today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
N
7
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.3
NE
9
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
15
0.4
NE
9
0.2
ENE
13
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
43
29
27
25
16
14
12
9
9
9
12
39
37
20
18
29
30
29
32
32
51
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
0
NNE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:31PM2.12m
4:54AM2.02m
5:31PM2.20m
5:54AM2.09m
6:25PM2.27m
Low Tide
10:14AM0.29m
10:56PM0.38m
11:16AM0.24m
11:56PM0.29m
12:14PM0.19m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
2
Temp °C
12
14
15
12
10
9
10
11
12
14
14
13
11
10
9
9
13
15
15
13
10
Feels °C
9
10
11
9
8
7
9
10
10
11
11
11
10
8
7
7
11
12
12
10
7
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