Tapuaetahi surf break

Tapuaetahi surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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Tapuaetahi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tapuaetahi sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tapuaetahi today?

The current surf forecast for Tapuaetahi at 12PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (06 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
4
NE
3.5
NE
3
ENE
2.2
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
N
1.4
N
Period(s) (?)777888899999999999111111111313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4565285425916397281121156926923095265519031435800759593529482730663663585683683
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
2.26
10:34PM
2.30
10:40AM
2.21
11:11PM
2.23
11:18AM
2.15
11:50PM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.78
4:19PM
0.71
4:39AM
0.85
4:56PM
0.79
5:20AM
0.92
5:35PM
0.87
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:39-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:12-------6:09-------6:08--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
221114117111521332211----1--
Temp. °C181919201919181818181920212121202020202221201817
Feels °C (?)151616171615131313141416192021202122212422211817
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