Surf Forecasts:
Takapuna-North Reef surf forecast from 25 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 12PM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period, N swell with 36 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Takapuna-North Reef this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Takapuna-North Reef in the next 16 days are 0.6m 7s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 12PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.9m 4s period and expected on Monday (Aug 31) at 3AM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 12PM (Sat 29th Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Takapuna-North Reef over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here, looking up the coast.
To be honest, the outlook for the next sixteen days looks pretty flat. There’s just about nothing on offer right now through to early September. The only break with any real chance is Takapuna-North Reef, but even then, it’s a beginner spot and it’s sheltered, so it rarely gets any decent swell. You’ll be waiting a while.
We kick off Tuesday morning, 25 August, with no swell to speak of – combined wave energy at a flat zero. Water temp sits at 56°, which is pretty much about average for the time of year. A light breeze from the WSW keeps the surface clean, but there’s nothing to ride. That pattern sticks around for days: tiny dribbles of swell, mostly 0.3 ft from the north, with the occasional glassy morning on Thursday 27 August, but still no surf.
Things look like they might stir a little on Friday morning, 28 August. We get a small bump to 3 ft from the north, but the period is a shocking 4 seconds – no energy behind it. The combined energy reading (25) tells you it’s weak. A gentle cross-shore makes it choppy. Not worth paddling out.
Saturday 29 August offers similar: 2 ft, period around 6-7 seconds, energy still in the low 20s. The Saturday afternoon glass-off with showers might get your hopes up, but the waves are just too small and weak.
By Sunday 30 August, the wind turns offshore from the WSW, light to moderate. Swell drops even more to 1 ft and then 0.7 ft. Clean, sure, but again – nothing to surf. This same story of tiny, weak swell and on-and-off offshore breezes drags right through to the first week of September. Combined energy values barely crack 10. You’re not missing anything.
From 3 September onward, we see a run of cross-onshore and onshore winds from the northeast, with swell still stuck at 0.3 ft and period around 5-6 seconds. It’s flat, messy, and honestly, more of a kite day, if that.
The whole 16-day period is a long, quiet stretch. No standouts. No real storms on the horizon. Just small, weak, and mostly unrideable. Forecasts can change though, and the consistency around here means it won’t stay poor forever.
Stay patient.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 9 | N 9 | N 4 | N 4 | N 5 | N 6 | N 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 35 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:13PM2.48m | 5:21AM2.40m | 5:58PM2.59m | 6:09AM2.50m | 6:38PM2.69m | 6:54AM2.61m | 7:18PM2.78m | 7:36AM2.70m | 7:58PM2.85m | 8:18AM2.78m | 8:39PM2.90m | 9:00AM2.83m | 9:21PM2.91m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 10:50AM1.02m | 11:27PM1.06m | 11:45AM0.95m | 00:16AM0.97m | 12:33PM0.85m | 00:59AM0.87m | 1:16PM0.74m | 1:41AM0.76m | 1:57PM0.65m | 2:22AM0.66m | 2:36PM0.59m | 3:02AM0.59m | 3:16PM0.57m | ||||||||
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 | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
 | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:59 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Feels °C | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | — | N 9 | N 9 | — | — | — | N 6 | N 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 7 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 |
| kJ | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 12 | NE 10 | NNE 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 10 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 3 | — | — | — | WNW 2 | — | — | N 3 | N 4 | N 4 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 | WSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 3 |
| kJ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 25 | 26 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 226 | 226 | 226 | 226 | 341 | 283 | 118 | 31 | 31 | 118 | 32 | 15 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 53 | 121 | 99 | 59 |
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