Forestry surf break

Forestry surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 14 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Forestry today?

The current surf forecast for Forestry at 10AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.8
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131212121212121211111111111114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150264394366356284276215162157107103716944442422212199916
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise--6:43-------6:45-------6:46-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:55-------5:54---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1---1---------11----
Temp. °C161517191716151515151718181716151516171818161514
Feels °C (?)161416171514131211111313141414131313141514131312
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