Tapotupoto Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.7° 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 7PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 2.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WNW
2
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
2
NW
2.2
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NNW
0.1
N
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.4
NNW
0.1
N
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
WNW
1
NW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)88888777714888899128898888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4464804894904184184372212784464542634728653301327927034612918411262
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
25
NW
30
WNW
20
W
20
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
2.53
10:36PM
2.54
10:55AM
2.46
11:22PM
2.48
11:45AM
2.34
12:14AM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
0.17
4:51AM
0.25
5:13PM
0.27
5:41AM
0.38
6:03PM
0.42
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00------5:58-----
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--111311331-232---------
Temp. °C181918171616161615171616151515151717171615141515
Feels °C (?)16161415121010111113111311121112161514119899
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