Pakiri beach surf break

Pakiri beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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Pakiri beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pakiri beach sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pakiri beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pakiri beach at 1PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

Table - waves today at Pakiri beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
N
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)878887777777777777111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)217294319255217183152127100977962624648483536373737372020
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
2.40
9:38PM
2.47
9:56AM
2.36
10:30PM
2.44
10:49AM
2.28
11:24PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
0.13
3:29PM
-0.03
4:00AM
0.14
4:20PM
0.01
4:53AM
0.18
5:13PM
0.08
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--6:48-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset----5:49-------5:47-------5:46---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
23--131-----1-----------
Temp. °C161516171715141313131517161211111212121314141312
Feels °C (?)1212131415141312121215161387778891011109
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