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Taupo Bay surf break

Taupo Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
18.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 5PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1110101010101010101099999999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1170978826810692598527461419411355348305299299237261266278320371327356348
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSW
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
0
NNW
0
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscrossononcross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
2.32
9:03PM
2.23
9:42AM
2.34
9:41PM
2.23
10:20AM
2.35
10:19PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
0.77
3:14AM
0.62
3:34PM
0.77
3:52AM
0.61
4:13PM
0.77
4:28AM
0.62
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---8:12-------8:13-------8:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019191817171619191919181717171920202019181717
Feels °C (?)211818191918181619181920191817171920202221201818
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