Taupo Bay surf break

Taupo Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 09 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Taupo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Taupo Bay sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Taupo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taupo Bay at 4AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (10 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
8
5
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.9
NNE
2.1
NNE
2.2
NNE
2.4
NE
2.5
NE
3.5
NE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
7.5
ENE
8
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
5
ENE
4
ENE
3
ENE
2.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131313131314151414141413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)174914991340135717721805190323184790560666021032912851130721672523054248671733717585152819337504326641496
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
25
SSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
2.18
1:21PM
2.09
2:07AM
2.13
2:13PM
2.03
3:08AM
2.12
3:14PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
0.87
7:20AM
0.96
7:35PM
0.92
8:13AM
0.98
8:28PM
0.95
9:12AM
0.98
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise----6:43-------6:45-------6:46---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:06-------6:05
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------397134--1-
Temp. °C181716171921222019191919202021202121212121212020
Feels °C (?)181615161819201817161514161616151618182019191819
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Taupo Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest