Mangawhai Heads Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.08° S 174.60° E)

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Mangawhai Heads surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 26 Oct 2025 NZDT

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

Today's Mangawhai Heads sea temperature is 17.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mangawhai Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Mangawhai Heads at 2AM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 26). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Afternoon (26 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Evening (26 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s

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

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		Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	26	15	23	24	25	17	17	16	16	11	17	12	9	100	263	312	523	747	832	962	339	273	201	157
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:38PM 1.95				11:06AM 2.03				11:18PM 1.90				11:47AM 1.97				11:59PM 1.83				12:31PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				4:59AM 0.33				5:28PM 0.47				5:40AM 0.39				6:11PM 0.53				6:22AM 0.44				6:56PM 0.59

		Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	16	17	18	16	13	12	12	12	16	20	19	19	18	18	19	17	18	18	11	12
Feels °C (?)	10	9	9	9	11	11	13	12	10	9	9	9	11	15	14	14	13	14	15	13	15	12	4	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Mangawhai Heads (light winds from the WNW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 41 km from Mangawhai Heads). 0.4m 6s windswell from the NNE with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the NE and a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 36 minutes ago Mangawhai Heads

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41 km away, 1 h 36 min ago

15 km/h

WNW

0.0

17.6

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