Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 13 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 9AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.2
N
0.4
ENE
0.8
N
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010106157141414141313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2221731701351289499817020314413613212887835251472525252511
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
35
W
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05AM
2.18
3:19PM
2.11
4:04AM
2.25
4:25PM
2.20
4:57AM
2.35
5:24PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.92
9:55PM
0.90
10:29AM
0.84
10:53PM
0.82
11:20AM
0.73
11:45PM
0.71
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset----5:58-------5:57-------5:54---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----21------11121-------
Temp. °C171718211817181717161718171615151616171818161515
Feels °C (?)161516191316181515141414141311101010101111111212
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