Taipa Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.99° S 173.46° E)

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Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 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 15.9° 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 2PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Evening (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	!	!	3	!	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	NE	NW	NE	NE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	10	10	6	7	7	7	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	84	61	103	86	55	214	670	389	389	509	838	572	286	131	92	52	52	34	33	30	36	35	51	46	45	40	33	37	37	40	36	51	49	50	43	47	41	39	39	40	26	39	29	54	62	69	69	95	136	267	491	639	949	1534	1977	2352	2579	2608	2894	3264
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	WNW	N	NNE	NNE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	W	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			12:06PM 2.57				12:35AM 2.71				12:53PM 2.55				1:21AM 2.68				1:44PM 2.54				2:11AM 2.64				2:40PM 2.53					3:05AM 2.60				3:43PM 2.53				4:05AM 2.57				4:49PM 2.56				5:10AM 2.55				5:56PM 2.61					6:16AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)					6:04PM 0.61				6:40AM 0.60				6:52PM 0.65				7:28AM 0.58				7:44PM 0.71				8:19AM 0.59				8:42PM 0.77					9:15AM 0.61				9:45PM 0.83				10:16AM 0.64				10:53PM 0.85				11:19AM 0.66				11:59PM 0.84					12:22PM 0.65

	Wednesday 16					Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	15	14	12	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	11	14	15	13	11	10	9	10	10	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	10	11	13	14	13
Feels °C (?)	10	12	13	13	11	11	12	10	11	11	4	6	8	8	8	7	9	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	13	12	11	10	8	9	8	9	11	13	11	9	8	7	8	8	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	8	9	8	6	8	9	10	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Taipa Bay (calm at Tokerau Beach wx 14 km from Taipa Bay). 0.9m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.9m 7s swell from the NW and a 0.5m 14s groundswell, also from the NW as well as a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the ESE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
5 hours 8 minutes ago Taipa Bay

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