Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 30 Nov 2025 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
20.7° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 1PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (30 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (30 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.2
NNW
1.4
NNW
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
N
1.1
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
Period(s) (?)9999996778810101010101010101016566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65654646464691171106100805050505050505032324759125105
Wind
(km/h)
0
SSE
5
N
10
N
20
N
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
N
15
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
2.24
3:11PM
2.36
3:39AM
2.27
4:11PM
2.40
4:46AM
2.34
5:11PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.83
9:50PM
0.70
10:15AM
0.79
10:46PM
0.61
11:15AM
0.71
11:41PM
0.51
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wed
03
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:21-------8:22-------8:22--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----4331------------3141
Temp. °C171820211920202020192022222017161617192022222121
Feels °C (?)171820191920202020191920201716161616171922222120
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