Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 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 1.1°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 10PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.6
NNW
2
NNW
1.7
NW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.1
NW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)877777777877788887888111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)322265183244332268222247240128231236249296298237151117998161588787
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59PM
2.87
10:18AM
2.81
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
0.27
3:55AM
0.45
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:52-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset5:57-------5:55-------5:54-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11-2512321-133----------
Temp. °C181615151514151616151414141314181613131313141517
Feels °C (?)161514121212141414131312121213161399910111313
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