Takou Bay surf break

Takou Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Takou Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Takou Bay sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Takou Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Takou Bay at 6AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)15ft (4.5m)11s
Afternoon (27 Aug)15ft (4.5m)11s
Evening (27 Aug)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
1
2
0
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
ENE
3.5
NE
4.5
ENE
5
E
4.5
E
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111010101010101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4205440780099472831430302957201315651391132010969758007557661052582498443413348289244
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
30
NW
35
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
2.09
10:39PM
2.10
11:04AM
2.06
11:15PM
2.05
11:40AM
2.02
11:51PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
0.48
4:20PM
0.54
4:46AM
0.52
4:58PM
0.63
5:23AM
0.60
5:37PM
0.72
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Sat
30
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:01-------6:01--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
231------------3----1---
Temp. °C141414141414141311111315161515151413141615131212
Feels °C (?)898889101091012121211109109101110878
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Takou Bay (moderate winds from the ESE at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 18 km from Takou Bay). A 4.3m groundswell from the ENE is too big for here

    Takou Bay
Expand
<
>
View all

18 km away, 1 h 6 min ago

22 km/h
ESE
0.0
15.4
Air / Water (°C)
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Takou Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest