Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
20.8° C
(Which is 2.9°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 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.4
NNW
1.7
N
1.9
NNW
1.9
NNW
2
NNW
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
Period(s) (?)1010101010101066666677789101111181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123123949492929295135119112155228307338395632734400258187106154221
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NE
5
E
0
NE
5
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
2.47
6:18PM
2.63
6:58AM
2.60
7:19PM
2.70
8:00AM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
0.64
12:00PM
0.76
12:33AM
0.54
1:02PM
0.69
1:31AM
0.44
2:02PM
0.62
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise---6:05-------6:05-------6:05----
Sunset-------8:24-------8:25-------8:25
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---21335---13212--1-----
Temp. °C181818182021212020191820212220171616161618202018
Feels °C (?)19202020222323222221192021201713910111314151514
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