Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 20 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 10PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
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
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)999999989888888888888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412741402626252429282822222221201919192021222314
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
0
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
2.17
10:51AM
2.30
11:17PM
2.20
11:35AM
2.28
12:03AM
2.19
12:21PM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.18
5:17PM
0.13
5:33AM
0.20
6:01PM
0.13
6:20AM
0.25
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:58-------6:58--------7:00-
Sunset-8:12-------8:09-------8:08------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211918161513172122191514131317212119171815141722
Feels °C (?)171717141211142022181413121215181817161714131520
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