Shipwreck Bay-Pines surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Shipwreck Bay-Pines surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shipwreck Bay-Pines sea temperature is
21.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shipwreck Bay-Pines today?

The current surf forecast for Shipwreck Bay-Pines at 3AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SSE
1.1
SW
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.2
S
1.3
S
2
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121112812781010797121111111191212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)933822822722633497478432299299379273319374352302200150150150155127112118
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
20
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
3.16
10:17AM
3.38
10:38PM
3.28
10:53AM
3.50
11:14PM
3.37
11:29AM
3.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
0.75
4:29PM
0.78
4:46AM
0.64
5:05PM
0.68
5:22AM
0.56
5:42PM
0.60
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---6:31-------6:31-------6:33----
Sunset-------8:43-------8:43-------8:43
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cloud
cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------13328241221-
Temp. °C191919201920201919181919201919191920202021212121
Feels °C (?)192019191516161616151616171616151517181820212121
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