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Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (21 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
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
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
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)77777788888881111111111111111888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)238222199167143143142142142122113896458858582858312882172183176
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
2.89
11:10AM
2.76
11:41PM
2.86
12:03PM
2.69
12:36AM
2.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:17PM
0.27
4:47AM
0.49
5:07PM
0.33
5:42AM
0.55
6:00PM
0.42
6:39AM
0.63
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:54-
Sunset5:55-------5:54-------5:53-------
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
22------1---------------
Temp. °C161413131312141817151313121214151613121212121216
Feels °C (?)1513121213111417151411119101212121010999913
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