Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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 7PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)8887777713121615121210101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)133160138117911025456537812411917817217825323423425514317113610496
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
2.60
7:38PM
2.54
8:12AM
2.69
8:36PM
2.62
9:05AM
2.76
9:29PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.80
1:38AM
0.66
2:13PM
0.72
2:32AM
0.60
3:04PM
0.64
3:20AM
0.56
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:13-------
Sunset---8:04-------8:02-------8:01----
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1332-------------------
Temp. °C202221201716171519202017141513121519201715151414
Feels °C (?)20212121181616141715151210101091215151213141313
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