Ninety Mile Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 17 Oct 2025 NZDT
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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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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 2PM is: 3.0m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (17 Oct)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (17 Oct)11ft (3.5m)17s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131818171717161616161616161615171616151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147554626997742176356886582748083926337330202484221221851788399738803577335230452963266224112233
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
2.89
7:53PM
3.09
8:18AM
3.01
8:39PM
3.19
9:03AM
3.15
9:18PM
3.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.98
2:09AM
0.83
2:30PM
0.80
2:53AM
0.66
3:13PM
0.65
3:31AM
0.53
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:41-------6:39
Sunset---7:42-------7:43-------7:44----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141615141312121114161716161616161618181716151515
Feels °C (?)12141212121111912131414131313131315161615141515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Ninety Mile Beach (calm at Kaitaia Airport 16 km from Ninety Mile Beach). 2.3m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 1.2m 18s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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4 km/h
WSW
0.0
16.6
Air / Water (°C)
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