Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
20.5° 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 7AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NNE
Period(s) (?)999995666666667777888899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132178135107154106132145140127149179207232282290330389667824923151017421867
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
50
ENE
50
NE
45
NE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:55PM
2.57
10:04AM
2.49
10:34PM
2.51
10:43AM
2.42
11:12PM
2.44
11:22AM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06AM
0.60
4:24PM
0.58
4:44AM
0.65
5:02PM
0.62
5:24AM
0.72
5:40PM
0.68
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:35-------7:37-------7:37---
Sunset-------7:09-------7:07-------7:07
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----11----1----11267131441
Temp. °C181818181819191919191918191919181818171817191919
Feels °C (?)14151515141415151515151314141412121211119121314
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