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Pareparea Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Pareparea Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pareparea Bay sea temperature is
21.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pareparea Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Pareparea Bay at 1AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

Table - waves today at Pareparea Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)991399991212131311111111121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222225212221213437424332323232343536363330302430
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
SE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.75
3:48AM
1.68
3:57PM
1.68
4:43AM
1.67
4:51PM
1.65
5:38AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
0.44
9:50AM
0.62
10:18PM
0.47
10:46AM
0.65
11:11PM
0.48
11:43AM
0.65
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:20-------6:22--
Sunset-8:39-------8:39-------8:39------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C252419171617181920201919191821232323212120202223
Feels °C (?)252418151415171819202021211921212022212221212323
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