Tapuaetahi Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tapuaetahi surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 13 Nov 2025 NZDT

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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 18.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tapuaetahi today?

The current surf forecast for Tapuaetahi at 2AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (13 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s

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

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		Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	NE	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	499	414	296	229	173	146	77	67	54	59	49	110	105	102	83	54	80	73	67	86	86	91	129	168
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:16AM 2.16				2:51PM 2.29				3:17AM 2.10				3:48PM 2.24					4:19AM 2.08				4:41PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10PM 0.73				8:28AM 0.73				9:08PM 0.76				9:26AM 0.80					10:07PM 0.78				10:25AM 0.84

		Thursday 13								Friday 14								Saturday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	15	18	19	18	16	14	13	12	12	17	19	21	19	14	13	13	15	19	20	17	18
Feels °C (?)	12	12	14	14	16	16	15	14	13	11	10	10	15	17	17	15	12	11	11	13	16	16	16	17

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