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Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Tawharanui surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tawharanui sea temperature is
21.8° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 8AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 16). 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 (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
N
1.2
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.2
NE
1.6
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)665667788109991010996788998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1218649403846486249110999797137181166230175432684666593494616
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
35
E
45
E
45
E
45
ESE
50
E
45
E
40
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
2.21
6:19PM
2.15
7:02AM
2.27
7:08PM
2.20
7:45AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
0.94
12:22PM
0.98
12:35AM
0.91
1:13PM
0.94
1:28AM
0.84
2:01PM
0.88
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---6:18-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:39-------8:38
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
11--------------11111181188
Temp. °C212120202124242319181818202021211919181717171616
Feels °C (?)192020201922222218171718201919191512111099910
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