Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 03 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
21.8° 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 12PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.3
NNE
0.5
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
E
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)1212111110111110101010101491413139981316812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1411341218253799410479486046404136353530291834441731
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SE
5
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
2.68
8:10PM
2.59
8:30AM
2.72
8:57PM
2.63
9:14AM
2.71
9:42PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:44AM
0.51
2:14PM
0.56
2:32AM
0.46
2:59PM
0.51
3:15AM
0.45
3:41PM
0.49
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset-----7:57-------7:55-------7:53--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121214161716151515141518191715151515161920191716
Feels °C (?)54688889991113141312131313151919171515
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