Black Swamp surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Black Swamp today?

The current surf forecast for Black Swamp at 9PM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 3.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)--
Afternoon (11 Apr)20ft (6.0m)14s
Evening (11 Apr)16ft (5.0m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
6
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
7
ENE
5.5
ENE
5
ENE
4
ENE
3
NE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1414141414141313121211111010101010101099141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1301294731061217630170711629911622781043462272786656585441442356296282230220181264487377
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
SE
45
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
25
S
40
WSW
45
W
35
W
25
W
20
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
W
10
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
1.68
2:21AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.57
8:49AM
0.65
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset-6:01-------6:00------5:59-------
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-11014111828121-------11-----1
Temp. °C191920202121201919191918171618212117161515151719
Feels °C (?)131414151818191413141616171617202015151414151617
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