Puwheke Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Puwheke Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Puwheke Beach sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Puwheke Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Puwheke Beach at 11PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)--
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121212121212856778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8787868685545050504949462747289977173288395480564629703
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
W
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
2.19
11:46AM
2.22
12:12AM
2.21
12:33PM
2.18
1:00AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43PM
0.15
5:02AM
0.23
5:29PM
0.12
5:50AM
0.26
6:15PM
0.15
6:42AM
0.32
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-
Sunset-7:37-------7:36-------7:35------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C202018181817182020201919181819202019191819191920
Feels °C (?)212118181817181920211919171718171715151315141315
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