Forestry Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is
18.0°C
1.4° 

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 (13 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 10PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)--
Afternoon (13 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (13 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.6
E
9
0.8
NE
7
0.8
NE
7
0.9
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.8
NE
7
0.8
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
196
196
125
125
145
136
124
124
100
92
88
106
121
60
65
66
94
101
104
94
77
59
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
NW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
E
5
E
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
10:51PM1.96m
11:21AM2.07m
11:33PM1.90m
12:04PM2.01m
00:17AM1.83m
Low Tide
5:10AM0.33m
5:43PM0.48m
5:53AM0.39m
6:28PM0.52m
6:37AM0.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
19
18
14
13
12
12
16
19
19
17
15
15
14
15
18
18
19
18
17
16
15
16
Feels °C
18
17
13
11
11
10
14
16
17
17
15
14
13
15
18
18
20
19
18
17
15
17
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