Taipa Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.99° S 173.46° E

Taipa Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Taipa Bay sea temperature is
16.0°C
0.7° 

Taipa Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Taipa Bay today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 8AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
11
0.3
NE
11
0.3
NE
13
0.3
NE
13
0.2
ENE
13
0.2
ENE
13
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.3
NE
11
0.8
NNW
4
1
NNW
5
1.5
NNW
5
1.8
NNW
6
2.1
NNW
7
1.6
NNW
7
1.2
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
20
19
26
26
16
16
15
15
18
19
40
113
237
389
229
128
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
S
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
High Tide
11:18PM2.66m
11:45AM2.62m
11:57PM2.54m
12:25PM2.52m
Low Tide
5:13AM0.59m
5:31PM0.75m
5:52AM0.69m
6:15PM0.85m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
 mm
1
2
12
10
1
Temp °C
12
11
11
10
13
14
15
14
13
13
14
14
15
14
13
12
11
Feels °C
10
9
9
8
12
11
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
10
11
7
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