Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 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
21.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)9998888888888888888889810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262625242428282222222120202020212122241414141415
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
5
W
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
2.30
11:17PM
2.20
11:35AM
2.28
12:03AM
2.19
12:21PM
2.23
12:53AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.18
5:17PM
0.13
5:33AM
0.20
6:01PM
0.13
6:20AM
0.25
6:47PM
0.16
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58--------7:00-----
Sunset-----8:09-------8:08-------8:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151417212219151414131821211917171514182222201615
Feels °C (?)131214202217141313121618181616161413172020191515
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