Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 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
20.6° 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 5AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)666688888888998999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5151514012410410411011089949614494137119147202216216226260272294
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
2.59
8:44AM
2.60
9:15PM
2.59
9:25AM
2.55
9:55PM
2.57
10:04AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
0.56
3:09PM
0.54
3:27AM
0.57
3:47PM
0.55
4:06AM
0.60
4:24PM
0.58
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:33-------7:35-------7:35---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:10-------7:09
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817181818181818181818171818181818181818191919
Feels °C (?)131513151414151516151616141616161515141414161616
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