Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 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
21.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Taipa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taipa Bay at 11PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
N
3
N
3
N
3
N
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.1
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)7889910101010111111111110101010101011111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69170668912721360158614811130137310851064817582496339279223169135129149105128137
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
25
N
35
N
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
oncross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
2.53
11:46AM
2.69
11:58PM
2.54
12:26PM
2.69
12:41AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03PM
0.74
5:11AM
0.62
5:46PM
0.68
5:53AM
0.62
6:29PM
0.65
6:37AM
0.64
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset-8:39-------8:39-------8:38------
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
152734--------------1-----1
Temp. °C232323222121232323211919181821212219181817161617
Feels °C (?)232321232021222021201920181819191917151512111112
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