Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 11AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131313131312121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1019487878789585857575656525127262649262625252544
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
2.32
12:13AM
2.08
12:38PM
2.22
1:04AM
2.00
1:24PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.12
6:18PM
0.19
6:29AM
0.23
7:05PM
0.25
7:18AM
0.34
7:52PM
0.32
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-6:11-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:42-------8:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171721232320181717162124232118181819222626232019
Feels °C (?)171719202018171616161921201917171819212524222119
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