Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 01 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
21.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.5
NE
0.3
N
0.3
NNW
0.5
NE
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)76611187131310121613121211111011101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)755631193126313350511271211411341211166357878469636045
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
5
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
30
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25PM
2.46
6:55AM
2.61
7:20PM
2.53
7:44AM
2.68
8:10PM
2.59
8:30AM
2.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51AM
0.58
1:24PM
0.63
1:44AM
0.51
2:14PM
0.56
2:32AM
0.46
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset-8:00-------7:58-------7:57------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018171716171819171614131214161717151515141418
Feels °C (?)1920161313121110131077546991091011101014
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