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Tapotupoto Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tapotupoto Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Tapotupoto Bay at 8AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (20 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111111010101010101010109999999991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129111231011909776676610598502502437399343336336287280280280242287312325371
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
2.29
10:18PM
2.22
10:36AM
2.33
10:52PM
2.23
11:09AM
2.33
11:27PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.46
4:14PM
0.53
4:28AM
0.47
4:47PM
0.55
5:03AM
0.50
5:22PM
0.59
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718191918171717171920212018181817192020191818
Feels °C (?)171717171716161617171920222219191917202020191818
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