Forestry Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 174.69° E

Forestry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Forestry sea temperature is
16.7°C
0.6° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 12AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)--
Afternoon (04 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (04 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
NNE
7
1.3
NNE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.4
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.7
NE
8
1.7
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.5
NE
8
1.5
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.3
NE
8
1.3
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1
NE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
159
159
178
183
193
229
241
284
328
328
300
276
257
257
233
233
205
205
140
113
114
86
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
0
SSW
0
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
2:49PM2.14m
3:20AM1.94m
3:52PM2.10m
4:26AM1.94m
4:51PM2.08m
5:27AM1.97m
Low Tide
9:21PM0.35m
9:39AM0.36m
10:22PM0.34m
10:41AM0.39m
11:20PM0.31m
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Temp °C
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
16
16
16
16
17
19
19
19
18
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
16
16
15
15
16
15
15
15
16
16
16
17
18
19
20
19
18
19
17
17
17
17
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