Paparahi Point Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Paparahi Point surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 NZST

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

Today's Paparahi Point sea temperature is 15.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Paparahi Point today?

The current surf forecast for Paparahi Point at 4PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	8s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	8s
Evening (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	3 AM	6 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 (?)	NE	NE	NE	ESE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	N	NE	N	N	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	3	4	7	7	7	10	7	6	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)	S	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	S	S	S	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SSW	SSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:46PM 1.96					6:02AM 1.85				6:39PM 2.02				6:55AM 1.89				7:27PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 0.27					12:03AM 0.40				12:19PM 0.23				12:56AM 0.33				1:09PM 0.20				1:44AM 0.27

	Thursday 21					Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10
Feels °C (?)	5	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	9	10	11	8	8	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Cross-off wind 37 km from Paparahi Point has become light (light winds from the ESE at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Paparahi Point. 0.3m 8s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 3 minutes ago Paparahi Point
Wind Update Offshore wind reported 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks (light winds from the W at Kaitaia Airport 18 km from Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks). 2.4m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 1.4m 7s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 3 minutes ago Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks

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37 km away, 1 h 3 min ago

9 km/h

ESE

0.0

15.3

Air / Water (°C)

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