Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 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 3AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be 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
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
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
0.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)888111111111111111111778877777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11692858285848283835721437148118133142172827981106111117117
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
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
offoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
2.86
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
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:54-------6:54-------6:56---
Sunset------5:53-------5:52-------5:51-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131212121316171512121212121516141213121212141513
Feels °C (?)1210111012131514999991213119109910121311
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