Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 13 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
21.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Taipa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 8PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)141413131312121212121111111111888887788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3351616160535150502119191919182365645057546575136
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
N
0
W
5
E
5
ENE
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononononglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
2.34
5:43AM
2.31
5:46PM
2.29
6:39AM
2.32
6:40PM
2.27
7:31AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.91
11:23AM
1.08
11:48PM
0.94
12:21PM
1.10
12:41AM
0.94
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset-8:43-------8:43-------8:42------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1--12211------
Temp. °C222119191920232423222121202122232323201817172224
Feels °C (?)222121222121232222222323212223242424221918182222
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