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Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 03 Jan 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
20.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 9AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (03 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (03 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tue
06
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
N
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)888999888889178881616161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353434434243403939394042517168698079788277112109107
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SW
10
S
20
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		onononcrossglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
2.65
7:50PM
2.57
8:22AM
2.72
8:45PM
2.61
9:14AM
2.76
9:38PM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.41
1:54PM
0.53
2:14AM
0.35
2:50PM
0.47
3:09AM
0.30
3:43PM
0.43
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tue
06
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:40-------8:42-------8:42--
rain showers
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
1--111------------------
Temp. °C161617181818171617171719191918181717191920201919
Feels °C (?)151516171718161515151418171818181818201819191919
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