Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 Feb 2026 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
21.4° C
(Which is 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: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (15 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1212121212129910109911111111111111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4545454444253959949287431218886595958575349474543
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
2.37
7:51PM
2.30
8:33AM
2.47
8:41PM
2.39
9:17AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
0.95
1:34PM
1.04
1:52AM
0.86
2:23PM
0.93
2:39AM
0.75
3:09PM
0.81
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------8:21-------8:20-------8:17
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717181919201817161818192121201616161619202020
Feels °C (?)141414151514151515141616161817181516161719192020
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