Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 02 Mar 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
20.9° 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 3AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)777781216151212101010101010101010101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11168545653781241211361721782122041832501291861431029671686851
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
NW
10
N
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38PM
2.54
8:12AM
2.69
8:36PM
2.62
9:05AM
2.76
9:29PM
2.69
9:53AM
2.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
0.66
2:13PM
0.72
2:32AM
0.60
3:04PM
0.64
3:20AM
0.56
3:50PM
0.58
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----7:11-------7:13-------7:13---
Sunset-------8:02-------8:01-------8:00
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C171616151920201715151312151920181514141416201919
Feels °C (?)1716151416151512111198111517141313121215191718
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