Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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 1.2°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 10AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)81111111111111111777877778888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8582858482818357240163162121121134100778315314911590725755
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
12:58PM
2.61
1:34AM
2.69
1:55PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
6:55PM
0.53
7:38AM
0.70
7:54PM
0.64
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:54-------6:54-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:51---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121113161614131212111315171412111111111517131112
Feels °C (?)119121414121110108101214109888813151199
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