Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)88888111111111111111177788777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122122116928582858482818382828112194109107715145476584
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
12:58PM
2.61
1:34AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
6:55PM
0.53
7:38AM
0.70
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181513121211121517141313131211151614121313121216
Feels °C (?)171412101091012151211101097111211101111101014
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