Tapuaetahi Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

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Tapuaetahi surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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 15.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tapuaetahi today?

The current surf forecast for Tapuaetahi at 12AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Evening (15 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	11s

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

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	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 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	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	26	25	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	5	13	3	6	6	3	3	5	11	11	5	5
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:26PM 2.42				12:49AM 2.34				1:26PM 2.33				1:48AM 2.25				2:31PM 2.26				2:52AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			6:39PM 0.77				7:07AM 0.68				7:40PM 0.84				8:08AM 0.75				8:46PM 0.88					9:12AM 0.79

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	14	12	11	14	17	17	15	12	12	12	12	14	18	18	16	14	13	13	12	13	16
Feels °C (?)	11	9	10	10	10	9	11	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tapuaetahi (light winds from the WSW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 18 km from Tapuaetahi). 0.5m 11s groundswell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
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18 km away, 37 min ago

7 km/h

WSW

0.0

15.3

Air / Water (°C)

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