Forestry Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.21° S 174.69° E)

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Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 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 15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	9	5	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	12	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	12	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	66	49	52	51	47	56	121	185	200	183	148	126	106	41	33	25	17	17	16	25	39	41	50	50	49	38	37	36	36	35	35	37	35	34	33	35	44	37	30	27	28	36	36	39	33	48	56	67	99	90	183	655	1247	1256	1226	1487	1606	1633	1819	2060
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	N	NNE	NE	W	NW	NW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	S	SE	SSE	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	WSW	SSE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:03AM 2.05				11:26PM 2.23				11:53AM 2.05					12:15AM 2.20				12:47PM 2.05				1:07AM 2.16				1:45PM 2.05				2:03AM 2.11				2:46PM 2.06					3:04AM 2.07				3:48PM 2.09				4:07AM 2.06				4:51PM 2.13				5:09AM 2.07				5:50PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)				5:19PM 0.26				5:56AM 0.23					6:09PM 0.30				6:45AM 0.22				7:02PM 0.35				7:37AM 0.23				8:00PM 0.39				8:33AM 0.23					9:01PM 0.42				9:32AM 0.24				10:06PM 0.43				10:33AM 0.23				11:10PM 0.40				11:34AM 0.20

	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	2	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	12	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	12	10	10	11	12	11	14	14	12	11	11	10	9	9	13	13	11	10	9	9	9	9	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	12	13	13
Feels °C (?)	8	11	12	11	11	11	10	12	11	12	15	6	6	5	6	7	8	9	9	8	7	7	8	9	9	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	10	10	9	7	6	6	6	7	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	9	7	7	8	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Forestry (light winds from the W at Albany 49 km from Forestry). 0.4m 10s swell from the NE with a 0.4m 10s swell from the NE and a 0.3m 6s windswell from the NNW as well as a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
5 hours 8 minutes ago Forestry

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