Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 26 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 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 3AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (27 Mar)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NE
4.5
NNE
4
NNE
3.5
NNE
3.5
NNE
3
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999888888777777712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4176391931762533223316091131820637514410330289226186160140122868167574450
Wind
(km/h)
60
NE
50
NE
50
NE
40
NNE
35
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
S
0
N
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassoffglasscrosscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
2.43
2:27AM
2.46
2:56PM
2.37
3:34AM
2.43
4:02PM
2.35
4:40AM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
0.62
9:04AM
0.75
9:23PM
0.68
10:09AM
0.77
10:30PM
0.71
11:11AM
0.74
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise------7:28-------7:28-------7:30-
Sunset-7:23-------7:22-------7:21------
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2467531------------------
Temp. °C181919202020202122212019191819192121201919191921
Feels °C (?)91212151620212122222220211921202222222021212020
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