Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 6.0m 14s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 5.5m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)16ft (5.0m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)18ft (5.5m)14s
Evening (11 Apr)20ft (6.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
0
0
!
!
0
!
6
8
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
6
ENE
5
ENE
4
NE
3
NE
1.9
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)13131414141414141413121211121111101010101010914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93831056612603137631509216906144301441213472883146662495889699545452530466308294235188176264
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
45
SE
35
ESE
40
SE
30
SSE
30
SW
30
WSW
35
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
1.71
2:23AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
0.66
8:07PM
0.57
8:48AM
0.65
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00------5:59-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---181778261311-------3----
Temp. °C192019191920212020211919191817161821211716161514
Feels °C (?)141514141515181618191615161616161720201615161513
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