Tapotupoto Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 08 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Tapotupoto Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tapotupoto Bay sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Tapotupoto Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tapotupoto Bay at 5AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 08). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (08 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
N
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)109999998888881288816151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11511386848167465744433332312528222243386767663736
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
2.12
2:17PM
2.10
2:43AM
2.01
3:03PM
1.97
3:35AM
1.91
4:03PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00PM
0.56
8:16AM
0.70
8:39PM
0.67
9:02AM
0.83
9:24PM
0.79
9:56AM
0.94
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset-------8:30-------8:29-------8:28
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181920212019191818192020201919191920212121
Feels °C (?)171717171820212019201817181919191819202021222222
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