Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 10PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
1
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
NE
2.1
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
Period(s) (?)555666666777787788888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47647290103110101101104158163191191219286406464485560661789102813681761
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
E
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
50
ENE
55
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
2.66
12:04PM
2.59
12:31AM
2.60
12:58PM
2.51
1:26AM
2.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
0.40
5:59AM
0.55
6:24PM
0.45
6:57AM
0.63
7:19PM
0.53
8:00AM
0.71
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------7:26-------7:26-------7:26-
Sunset-7:29-------7:27-------7:25------
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------------1223112767
Temp. °C191818181818181919191919191918181919191919181818
Feels °C (?)161414141313131414151515151513121313121212111010
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