Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 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 11AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.1
NW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)7777787777888888811111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234251209245238151203177181147163168146146122926758858582828379
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
2.81
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
0.45
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--6:52-------6:54-------6:54-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:54-------5:53---
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
311232---2111-----------
Temp. °C141415161615141413131417181413121312131616131211
Feels °C (?)11121314151413131313131716121110111011141210109
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