Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
20.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 7PM is: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
2.1
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)151616161515151514141313131313131314141414141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)98413061626158515251297136411371002112210771045145718342094250429613951789986409182100721331218812
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
60
ESE
65
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
2.20
12:14AM
2.21
12:29PM
2.14
1:04AM
2.16
1:19PM
2.10
2:02AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
0.82
6:49AM
0.93
6:56PM
0.88
7:43AM
0.96
7:52PM
0.93
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:02-------6:01-------6:00----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
Rain (mm)
-----1-------------312320
Temp. °C171819191817171717181920191919191919191920202120
Feels °C (?)161719201816171616171819171514131212121214131210
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