Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 Feb 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
21.9° 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 4PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)101010109999913139988888178881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)807974574343424141302827261818181717232120202019
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
2.60
12:22AM
2.49
12:35PM
2.50
1:04AM
2.39
1:17PM
2.38
1:46AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
0.57
6:31AM
0.68
7:00PM
0.66
7:18AM
0.80
7:43PM
0.76
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:46
Sunset---8:25-------8:24-------8:23----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192323211818181820222321181716161821232219181818
Feels °C (?)162020191617171618202019161514141721232118181819
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