Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 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
20.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Taipa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 8AM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)8ft (2.4m)7s
Afternoon (06 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
4
ENE
4
NE
4
NE
3
ENE
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.3
NNE
1.3
N
1.4
N
Period(s) (?)777888889999999999111111131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44455763767370980696014462575305824761344912747588493430419575596585608582673
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
N
0
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
W
5
NNW
5
S
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
2.50
11:24PM
2.53
11:31AM
2.43
11:59PM
2.45
12:06PM
2.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:34AM
0.74
4:52PM
0.67
5:14AM
0.82
5:29PM
0.75
5:56AM
0.90
6:09PM
0.83
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:41-------6:43-------6:43-----
Sunset-----6:14-------6:13-------6:10--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
121114181282521431----------
Temp. °C181819192018181919192021212019191918192221201717
Feels °C (?)161617161815161717161819222321212119212423221718
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