Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 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 9AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
2.4
NNE
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.1
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.4
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)8899999989999914141414141516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1254146916311944206721331975167174462754951752948649688076978079110191314151214181310
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
5
N
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
SSE
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
1.98
11:05PM
2.03
11:17AM
1.90
11:48PM
1.95
12:01PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.42
4:56PM
0.35
5:24AM
0.49
5:38PM
0.42
6:09AM
0.57
6:24PM
0.49
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:39-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:04--
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
66768122111-11-1---1121-
Temp. °C181818191819202020202121222019181818181919181819
Feels °C (?)151515151415181819202221242220202020202121202021
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