Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 Feb 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 1PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (22 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (22 Feb)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
N
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)881111118810888999109999989119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1212109912128675888991398167151815
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
0
SSE
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcrossglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
2.64
11:57PM
2.57
12:21PM
2.59
12:46AM
2.53
1:12PM
2.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
0.55
5:55PM
0.50
6:12AM
0.62
6:44PM
0.53
7:08AM
0.69
7:37PM
0.57
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-6:58-------6:58--------7:00-----
Sunset-----8:08-------8:07-------8:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517192119171817161720212017161515172123211818
Feels °C (?)131314161615141615131519211915151413161920181718
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