Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 06 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
20.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 11PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (06 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3
NE
2.2
NNE
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.1
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
Period(s) (?)778888999998899999141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)485588821109312541401185519942033178215341280630498580533476452489843855736747791
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
2.09
10:36AM
1.98
11:05PM
2.03
11:17AM
1.90
11:48PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.28
4:41AM
0.42
4:56PM
0.35
5:24AM
0.49
5:38PM
0.42
6:09AM
0.57
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:06------
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1245524622232111------
Temp. °C191919181818181918191920202020212120191818181921
Feels °C (?)161616151515151515161618182021222322211920202123
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