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Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 11 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
21.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 9PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)91111111111911999999912913139911912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222140212121212022222221212113262633342524332535
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
2.00
2:47AM
1.86
3:01PM
1.90
3:41AM
1.82
3:52PM
1.83
4:35AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
0.39
8:57AM
0.56
9:28PM
0.45
9:50AM
0.63
10:18PM
0.49
10:45AM
0.67
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset-8:40-------8:40-------8:40------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262520191819232625231816151519212220191818182124
Feels °C (?)252420181819222424231714141418202119201919192123
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