Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 7AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)16ft (5.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
4
NE
4
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
4.5
NE
5
NE
4.5
NE
4
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)8899991010101010101099998888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)121615101901243529263263370441354414419633542444192614641088952790611519427337292237209
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
40
NE
40
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
40
NE
25
NE
20
N
10
NE
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
0
NNW
0
SE
0
WSW
0
SW
0
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
2.18
1:54PM
2.04
2:34AM
2.11
2:58PM
1.96
3:40AM
2.06
4:06PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21PM
0.19
7:57AM
0.36
8:20PM
0.27
9:00AM
0.42
9:24PM
0.34
10:07AM
0.45
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----7:28-------7:28-------7:30---
Sunset-------7:24-------7:22-------7:22
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
5610611912742231-----------
Temp. °C181717181818181918191920202323212019191820222322
Feels °C (?)131213141312121413141720212423222321222022232425
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