Forestry Beach

Rodney, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Waist-high (1 m) at 5 s, heading toward SSW, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward S.

Swell

1 m

SSW

5 s

Wind

18 km/h

S

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.2 m

Rising

Weather

14 °C

Light drizzle

16 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 4 s

SSE

23 km/h · 42 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

2 m

Light showers · 14 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

SSE

26 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.8 m

Light showers · 14 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 5 s

S

27 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.4 m

Showers · 14 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 5 s

S

25 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.1 m

Showers · 14 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 5 s

SSW

23 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

0.8 m

Showers · 14 °C

5 AM

Poor

1 m · 5 s

SSW

20 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

0.6 m

Drizzle · 13 °C

6 AM

Poor

1 m · 4 s

SSW

14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

0.6 m

Clear · 13 °C

7 AM

Poor

1 m · 5 s

SSW

16 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

0.8 m

Clear · 13 °C

8 AM

Poor

1 m · 5 s

SSW

18 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

9 AM

Poor

1 m · 5 s

SSW

18 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 14 °C

10 AM

Poor

1 m · 5 s

SSW

15 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

11 AM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

SSW

12 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 15 °C

12 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

SSW

10 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

2.1 m

Clear · 16 °C

1 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

SSW

7 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

2 m

Light drizzle · 16 °C

2 PM

Fair

1 m · 5 s

SSW

6 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 16 °C

3 PM

Good

1 m · 5 s

SSW

6 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 16 °C

4 PM

Good

1 m · 5 s

SSW

9 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

NNW

Offshore

1 m

Light drizzle · 16 °C

5 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

SW

11 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.8 m

Drizzle · 14 °C

6 PM

Good

1 m · 6 s

SW

16 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.7 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

SW

26 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

8 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

SW

25 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

9 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

SSW

24 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

10 PM

Good

0.9 m · 6 s

SW

25 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.7 m

Clear · 11 °C

11 PM

Good

0.8 m · 6 s

SW

23 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.9 m

Clear · 11 °C

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