Forestry Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.0° 

Forestry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Forestry today (29 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 12PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
13
0.8
E
13
0.7
E
13
0.7
E
13
0.7
E
13
0.7
E
13
0.8
E
13
0.8
E
12
0.8
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.7
E
12
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
12
1.3
NNW
6
1.5
NNW
6
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
173
222
171
168
168
163
206
196
190
144
141
139
139
139
101
106
117
167
89
89
91
63
62
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
25
W
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
6:47AM1.88m
7:21PM2.03m
7:31AM1.92m
8:02PM2.09m
8:14AM1.96m
8:41PM2.14m
Low Tide
00:55AM0.55m
1:07PM0.37m
1:40AM0.49m
1:50PM0.32m
2:23AM0.42m
2:32PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:20
7:20
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:34
5:35
5:36
 mm
1
1
3
Temp °C
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
14
13
10
12
14
14
11
10
Feels °C
9
8
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
10
9
10
10
10
9
9
9
7
9
10
9
8
7
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