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Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 13 Feb 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
22.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 8AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (13 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
NE
1.6
NNE
1.1
NE
0.8
N
0.9
ENE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.5
E
0.7
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)777777667613131313121212128810101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29930233028222420621591575754545351474626253369188225206161
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
1.78
5:00PM
1.74
5:44AM
1.82
5:56PM
1.77
6:37AM
1.89
6:48PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
0.56
11:01AM
0.71
11:24PM
0.54
12:00PM
0.68
12:18AM
0.49
12:54PM
0.61
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:20-------8:19-------8:17
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
111-124211321--------11-
Temp. °C212122212222232321212120212020191918171719191918
Feels °C (?)202123222423252624242422221918151614121215151514
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