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Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 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
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 10PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NNE
0.9
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
N
0.8
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)94121111811118455877888889998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6827353023173023244141387265656986869999152152172138
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
1.83
5:39PM
1.79
6:21AM
1.87
6:30PM
1.82
7:09AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
0.50
11:40AM
0.67
12:01AM
0.49
12:34PM
0.64
12:51AM
0.45
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:20-------6:20--
Sunset-8:40-------8:40-------8:39------
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-----12121------------
Temp. °C232122212121222122222018191721242522171616162023
Feels °C (?)222123222122222122222119201720232421171616162022
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