Forestry Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is
15.8° C
0.5° 

Forestry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Forestry today (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 6PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (11 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.7
NE
4
0.8
NE
4
0.2
ESE
10
0.9
NNE
4
1
N
4
1.2
N
5
1.3
N
5
1.3
N
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
307
307
200
196
157
148
113
110
83
83
83
61
42
42
40
16
15
21
10
29
36
62
83
87
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
4:00PM2.08m
4:17AM2.09m
5:01PM2.17m
5:19AM2.13m
6:01PM2.27m
Low Tide
9:43AM0.25m
10:15PM0.43m
10:43AM0.19m
11:19PM0.37m
11:44AM0.12m
00:21AM0.29m
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:30
7:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:22
5:22
5:23
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
11
12
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
13
13
12
12
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
14
13
14
14
Feels °C
9
9
9
9
8
7
8
8
8
11
11
10
10
10
10
11
12
11
12
10
11
8
10
11
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