Taupo Bay surf break

Taupo Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Taupo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Taupo Bay at 7AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
2.5
NNE
2.3
NNE
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
2
N
2
N
2
N
Period(s) (?)89999999889991111111414141515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12541757213219762136222721761954824688600562493743663651874672109212801469190218291811
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
30
E
30
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
5
S
5
SSE
5
NE
5
N
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
2.39
11:18AM
2.28
11:49PM
2.31
11:56AM
2.22
12:28AM
2.24
12:37PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
0.78
5:26PM
0.71
5:50AM
0.85
6:05PM
0.80
6:33AM
0.91
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:43---
Sunset-------6:12-------6:09-------6:08
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
heavy rain
rain showers
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
81320114161833441---------122
Temp. °C181819191919202021212019202121212019191919222120
Feels °C (?)141416161516171820212121222323242220202020232221
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