Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 10AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
N
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777111111101111111111577745666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102846865524759577975828421019415380142102933138312320
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55AM
2.30
10:28PM
2.39
10:47AM
2.23
11:22PM
2.32
11:43AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58AM
0.13
4:18PM
0.00
4:52AM
0.18
5:11PM
0.08
5:48AM
0.24
6:07PM
0.17
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:46-------5:45---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C121214161614121110111214121313131111111314141312
Feels °C (?)11111416151299678109111097878911109
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