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Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 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
21.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 5PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.5
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)912913139911111212912118111111845887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132626333425243325353627353018233023163737316965
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
S
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52PM
1.83
4:35AM
1.81
4:46PM
1.79
5:29AM
1.83
5:39PM
1.79
6:21AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
0.63
10:18PM
0.49
10:45AM
0.67
11:09PM
0.50
11:40AM
0.67
12:01AM
0.49
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:18-------6:20
Sunset---8:40-------8:40-------8:40----
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------323-11211
Temp. °C182122202019181822242422222120192118222220191818
Feels °C (?)172121192120191922222321232221202119212221211919
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