Herangi Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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Herangi Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Herangi Beach sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Herangi Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Herangi Beach at 2PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.2m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
4
W
3.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121414141413151414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17781374100685187889295913691200120025572491276231372253515345687293571051274820389858863597
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
45
NW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
N
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
2.53
9:53PM
2.55
10:10AM
2.53
10:36PM
2.54
10:55AM
2.46
11:22PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.17
3:43PM
0.12
4:05AM
0.18
4:27PM
0.17
4:51AM
0.25
5:13PM
0.27
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00-------6:00--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---111121---11141-121111
Temp. °C181819191919191918171819191717171616151617161617
Feels °C (?)141414141414131214141515151413119999108911
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