Ocean Beach (Whangarei) surf break

Ocean Beach (Whangarei) surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 26 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Ocean Beach (Whangarei) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean Beach (Whangarei) sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ocean Beach (Whangarei) today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach (Whangarei) at 1AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 26). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (27 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
!
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.1
NE
2.1
N
2.4
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
3
NNW
2.5
N
2.2
N
2.1
N
1.8
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.1
N
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)66667713116778899999999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23112661714145356553688822129998781873158929519913279692844
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
15
W
15
WNW
35
W
30
SW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
2.33
12:03PM
2.41
12:10AM
2.28
12:44PM
2.36
12:54AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
0.83
5:39AM
0.75
6:10PM
0.86
6:19AM
0.80
6:54PM
0.89
7:03AM
0.85
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:22-------6:22--
Sunset-7:45-------7:46-------7:47------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1281121------
Temp. °C191714131213171920191918181618181113131212121517
Feels °C (?)151311109913151514151415151712556778912
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Ocean Beach (Whangarei) (light winds from the W at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 19 km from Ocean Beach (Whangarei)). 0.5m 6s windswell from the N with a 0.3m 7s swell from the NE and a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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