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Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Taipa Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Taipa Bay 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 Taipa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 10AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
0.9
NE
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
4
E
Period(s) (?)98101099998988999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)135882412872632602872581771298491165130812321283116911501177116912791494179721762476
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
E
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
2.42
8:21PM
2.34
9:04AM
2.49
9:07PM
2.40
9:46AM
2.56
9:51PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
0.90
2:04PM
1.03
2:20AM
0.84
2:50PM
0.97
3:05AM
0.77
3:35PM
0.89
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:28-------6:30-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:40-------8:40--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------12-----14314961-
Temp. °C161621232221191817191819191818181818181818181818
Feels °C (?)161622222221201917181516161515141515161514141313
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