Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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
20.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 2AM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (10 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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7
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.1
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
7
ENE
6
NE
6.5
NE
5
NE
Period(s) (?)161515151514141413131313131313141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14931561134612321240120411891402123514572574417661846700918610463135351484015738190492134213678171298818
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
35
SE
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
1.82
12:35AM
1.88
12:50PM
1.76
1:27AM
1.84
1:44PM
1.71
2:23AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
0.49
6:58AM
0.63
7:13PM
0.55
7:52AM
0.66
8:07PM
0.57
8:48AM
0.65
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:41-------6:41-------6:43-
Sunset-6:04-------6:02-------6:00------
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light rain
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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light rain
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mod rain
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heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---1-------------369817142
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