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Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 12 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
22.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (13 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.1
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.5
E
0.9
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)6777777776777131313121212121281010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2262853073022742742002001101521045655545351474626252531156183
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
1.78
5:00PM
1.74
5:44AM
1.82
5:56PM
1.77
6:37AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
0.56
11:01AM
0.71
11:24PM
0.54
12:00PM
0.68
12:18AM
0.49
12:54PM
0.61
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:52--
Sunset-8:21-------8:20-------8:19------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1111--1123421-1---------
Temp. °C222121212121222322222121212121212119181817181919
Feels °C (?)212020212222242523242424242322201915151413131514
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