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Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 09 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
22.0° 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 12AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (10 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (10 Feb)1ft (0.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.5
E
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)178881616151514149920201391818181116161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)232120202019171716161313313131285598555746818080
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
2.38
1:46AM
2.29
2:00PM
2.27
2:33AM
2.19
2:47PM
2.18
3:30AM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
0.76
8:09AM
0.89
8:28PM
0.85
9:02AM
0.97
9:17PM
0.92
9:56AM
1.01
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----6:46-------6:47-------6:48--
Sunset-8:23-------8:22-------8:22------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------1-----1---1
Temp. °C202020192020202020202020202020202121202020202121
Feels °C (?)191920192020191920202121212019202020192019171818
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