Black Swamp Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.13° S 174.63° E)

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Black Swamp surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 16 Aug 2025 NZST

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Black Swamp surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Black Swamp sea temperature is 14.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Black Swamp today?

The current surf forecast for Black Swamp at 8AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s
Afternoon (16 Aug)	6ft (1.8m)	6s
Evening (16 Aug)	7.5ft (2.3m)	7s

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

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	Saturday 16							Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tue 19
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	111	179	79	154	256	436	558	1136	1872	2297	1956	1857	1729	1423	1194	622	716	559	506	428	407	376	404	309
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	SE	WNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	NW	NW	W	W	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:25PM 2.11				12:44AM 2.11				1:23PM 2.07				1:43AM 2.03				2:26PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			6:21AM 0.16				6:45PM 0.33				7:15AM 0.21				7:45PM 0.40				8:14AM 0.27				8:49PM 0.46

	Saturday 16							Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tue 19
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	7	5	6	6	6	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	13	12	12
Feels °C (?)	9	8	9	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	12	16	15	11	9	10	9	10	11	13	10	9	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Wind reports 38 km away suggest it is still onshore at Black Swamp (fresh winds from the NE at Moirs Hill). A 1.0m local chop from the ENE
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38 km away, 42 min ago

30 km/h

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14.1

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