Takou Bay surf break

Takou Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 NZDT
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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
15.7° 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 12PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)1010810101081020191919191918181818181717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191920222022222230302929292757555555555351828146
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
1.88
4:37PM
1.99
5:04AM
1.85
5:34PM
1.99
6:04AM
1.87
6:26PM
2.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.63
10:46PM
0.67
11:07AM
0.64
11:44PM
0.64
12:05PM
0.62
12:36AM
0.59
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:41-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset-----7:37-------7:38-------7:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111115181917131212111416151413121212151617161414
Feels °C (?)991314151512111191313131312111211131314131212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Takou Bay (light winds from the SW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 18 km from Takou Bay). 0.5m 9s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 5s windswell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
SW
0.0
15.7
Air / Water (°C)
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