Tapotupoto Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.44° S 172.72° E

Issued: 5 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tapotupoto Bay sea temperature is

16.1°C

Tapotupoto Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tapotupoto Bay today (10 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tapotupoto Bay at 11AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 18s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (10 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Evening (10 Sep)	-	-

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.
	Thursday 10							Friday 11								Saturday 12
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 14	WNW 4	WNW 5	WSW 22	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	20	20	19	53	24	109	0	103	53	128	70	64	62	87	87	85	85	61	44	59	56	56	42
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	WNW	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide			8:22AM2.35m				8:43PM2.51m					9:06AM2.43m				9:24PM2.54m				9:45AM2.46m
Low Tide	2:13AM0.37m				2:33PM0.32m				2:56AM0.27m					3:15PM0.24m				3:37AM0.21m				3:54PM0.23m


	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	14	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13
Feels °C	10	10	10	10	10	7	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	6	8	7	7	6	7	9	8	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 11	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 20	WSW 20	WSW 19	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	WSW 16
kJ	649	686	686	638	668	328	612	904	1748	2274	4934	64	62	87	87	61	61	61	44	59	56	56	6409
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 19	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	WSW 22	WSW 20	WSW 16	WSW 16	NE 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NNE 14	ENE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13
kJ	419	368	553	705	540	510	879	1030	1150	1184	70	16	16	87	87	85	85	19	8	24	23	23	42
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 14	WSW 24	WSW 22	WSW 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	ENE 9	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	WNW 12	NE 16	ENE 9	ENE 9	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 13	N 16
kJ	20	20	19	53	218	545	210	103	53	128	17	26	13	13	14	14	10	8	8	19	18	17	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	SSE 3	W 2	WSW 11	WNW 4	WNW 5	WSW 10	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	SW 11	WSW 19	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	WSW 17	WSW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 16	SSW 5
kJ	3	1	2	370	24	109	734	715	937	1389	2047	11423	12435	11371	10064	9728	9196	8800	7574	6299	6221	6034	78
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Mukerau Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Pines Northland
Rating (10 max)	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	7
Distance (km)	88	88	104	28	79	192	92	92	104	92	92	92	92	92	104	104	104	92	134	134	134	91	89
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House	Takou Bay	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Pakiri beach	Moureeses	Pakiri beach	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Pakiri beach	Taipa Bay	Taipa Bay	Takou Bay	Moureeses	Moureeses	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Takou Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks
Rating (10 max)	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	7
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating (10 max)	5	7	1	1	4	5	5	8	8	8	7	7	7	5	1	2	3	3	1	1	1	7	7
Header Global	Etang-Sale Reunion	Papatowai New Zealand	Kaka Point New Zealand	Saint Leu Reunion	Nugget Point New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Fox River New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Shingles New Zealand	Antiques Maldives	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	8	7	9	6	5	5	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	7

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