Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 23 Feb 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
21.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Taipa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 5PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (23 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
N
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
NE
0.6
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)88999889999999991388881188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242214141424242527272726274139383237363535294555
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
WSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SE
5
SSW
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
2.67
1:57AM
2.61
2:20PM
2.60
2:51AM
2.56
3:14PM
2.53
3:52AM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
0.61
7:34PM
0.50
7:57AM
0.69
8:25PM
0.56
8:55AM
0.77
9:21PM
0.64
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:07-------
Sunset---8:12-------8:09-------8:08----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192322211615151517212122191716161821212018171718
Feels °C (?)192120191514141517191922191515161820192019181718
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