Marsden Point Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.85° S 174.50° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Marsden Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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

Today's Marsden Point sea temperature is 15.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Marsden Point today?

The current surf forecast for Marsden Point at 10AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Evening (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s

Table - waves today at Marsden Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	NE	NE	SW	SW	SW	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	E	E	NE	NE	SW	NE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	4	4	4	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	3	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	4	7	8	32	29	22	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	12	4
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	WSW	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:54AM 2.44				2:37PM 2.45				2:58AM 2.35					3:44PM 2.42				4:07AM 2.30				4:46PM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)			8:10AM 0.70				8:48PM 0.85					9:14AM 0.74				9:55PM 0.85				10:19AM 0.73				10:57PM 0.81

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-
Temp. °C	11	12	14	17	17	15	13	13	13	12	13	18	19	16	13	12	12	13	16	18	17	14	13	11
Feels °C (?)	7	9	10	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	16	16	14	11	9	9	9	12	14	13	12	10	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 30 km from Tauranga Bay (moderate winds from the WSW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Tauranga Bay). 0.3m 10s swell from the E with a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the NE and a 0.1m 13s groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
51 minutes ago Tauranga Bay

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Actual: 51 min ago

24 km/h

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