Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 27 Mar 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.2°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: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 2.5m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NNE
4
NNE
3.5
NNE
3.5
NNE
2.4
NNE
2.2
NNE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101099988888887777777121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36162910235220859927834574604003301652532161601401048669595756505049
Wind
(km/h)
50
NE
45
NNE
40
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
W
0
W
0
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassoffoffglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
2.46
2:56PM
2.37
3:34AM
2.43
4:02PM
2.35
4:40AM
2.45
5:07PM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
0.62
9:04AM
0.75
9:23PM
0.68
10:09AM
0.77
10:30PM
0.71
11:11AM
0.74
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----7:28-------7:28-------7:30---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:21-------7:20
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
6431--------------------
Temp. °C191920202122222120191918192021212019191919212120
Feels °C (?)121416212122222121202019212222222121212019202020
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