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Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 11AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.5
E
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
NNE
2.1
N
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.2
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)8999978889999101011111111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73611454775796895425047569627416425334444074344513963322742181641259483
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
25
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
2.53
10:03PM
2.42
10:28AM
2.56
10:47PM
2.45
11:10AM
2.58
11:31PM
2.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.62
4:11PM
0.69
4:21AM
0.59
4:53PM
0.65
5:01AM
0.60
5:35PM
0.62
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:37-------8:37--
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
31113152218782---------------
Temp. °C202021212122222322212223232119191919212221201818
Feels °C (?)151819181719212122192020191716161716181817161413
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