Taipa Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 01 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
21.0° 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 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
E
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
N
0.7
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.8
N
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)88888877777781212151312101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)736765107133164181117916856535778141121116178204239267204204135
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13AM
2.60
7:38PM
2.54
8:12AM
2.69
8:36PM
2.62
9:05AM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
0.72
1:16PM
0.80
1:38AM
0.66
2:13PM
0.72
2:32AM
0.60
3:04PM
0.64
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise----7:11-------7:11-------7:13---
Sunset-------8:04-------8:02-------8:01
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1332---------------
Temp. °C181717172021212017161515182020181514131215192019
Feels °C (?)18171717202021211816151416161514111010911151716
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