Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 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
19.7° 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 8PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.7
N
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)777777878887777777777111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21515021517323016325334030223922731116413210810310382796349575678
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
N
20
NNW
10
W
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
W
0
W
5
SE
5
S
10
S
15
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
2.34
8:47PM
2.40
9:04AM
2.34
9:37PM
2.42
9:55AM
2.30
10:28PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
-0.03
3:06AM
0.12
3:27PM
-0.03
3:58AM
0.13
4:18PM
0.00
4:52AM
0.18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:50-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1113--121---21-------
Temp. °C171920161515151415171615131313131517161212121212
Feels °C (?)1718181514131112131514151213121213141276778
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