Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
21.2° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 6PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (05 Dec)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (05 Dec)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151514141313131313131315121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271811811781781611501502052052051481468587878787848570474646
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscrossoffoffglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
2.68
8:05PM
2.61
8:39AM
2.74
9:01PM
2.62
9:31AM
2.77
9:55PM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
0.45
2:28AM
0.28
3:03PM
0.40
3:23AM
0.26
3:58PM
0.40
4:16AM
0.27
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-------5:54-------5:54-------5:54
Sunset---8:24-------8:25-------8:27----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182020191616161620242522191717172022242220191818
Feels °C (?)131515151414141519232319171515162022232018181718
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