Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 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
20.4° 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 1PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (06 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (06 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NNE
2.4
NNE
2.2
N
1.8
N
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.2
NNE
0.7
N
0.9
N
1.1
N
Period(s) (?)666677778888888888888131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)185181192220289299320522629103013751385134211971043727627418272196169170280417
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
5
WSW
0
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
2.42
10:12PM
2.44
10:22AM
2.34
10:50PM
2.36
11:02AM
2.27
11:30PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
0.65
4:02PM
0.62
4:24AM
0.72
4:40PM
0.68
5:08AM
0.79
5:21PM
0.74
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:39-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:06-------6:05--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----11154351487332511----
Temp. °C181819191919181818181818191920202020202020191817
Feels °C (?)131314141414121212121212131316171820222221191716
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