Ninety Mile Beach Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Ninety Mile Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 NZST

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Ninety Mile Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Ninety Mile Beach sea temperature is 15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ninety Mile Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ninety Mile Beach at 2AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	6ft (1.8m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	15s
Evening (21 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	15s

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

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		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2824	2581	2735	2925	2949	3409	3427	3275	2956	3147	3164	3264	3198	3293	3700	2976	3247	3211	2982	2593	2238	2178	1876	1565
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	ESE	E	ESE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	E	ESE	ESE	E	SE	SSW	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:35PM 3.27				7:58AM 3.18				8:24PM 3.44				8:47AM 3.33					9:08PM 3.58				9:28AM 3.44
Low Tide / height (m)			1:49AM 0.86				2:12PM 0.75				2:37AM 0.68				2:58PM 0.57					3:20AM 0.53				3:38PM 0.45

		Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	13	12
Feels °C (?)	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	7	9	10	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Cross-off wind 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks has swung offshore (light winds from the S at Kaitaia Airport). 2.3m 11s groundswell from the SW with a 2.3m 8s swell from the S and a 0.6m 17s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
44 minutes ago Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks

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16 km away, 44 min ago

13 km/h

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15.2

Air / Water (°C)

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