Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
18.5° C
(Which is 1.3°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 3AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999999910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)584512502416358351336287293242227242242248258290302314333327327327327320
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNW
0
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
2.44
9:58AM
2.54
10:02PM
2.43
10:35AM
2.55
10:38PM
2.43
11:11AM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.68
3:41PM
0.82
3:56AM
0.68
4:21PM
0.83
4:34AM
0.69
5:01PM
0.85
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise---6:09-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset-------8:14-------8:15-------8:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------------------1-222
Temp. °C181717162020201918171717202121201817171619192019
Feels °C (?)191818162019192019181717202021211918181721202120
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