Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 26 Nov 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
20.2° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 2AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (26 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (26 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
NE
0.9
NNE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)8811111111111111111111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)149125128186287357357357326375382431396389352375300294277250190208154137
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
2.26
11:56AM
2.36
12:13AM
2.24
12:40PM
2.34
12:58AM
2.23
1:26PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
0.69
6:25PM
0.79
6:29AM
0.74
7:14PM
0.80
7:17AM
0.79
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise---5:58-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset-------8:16-------8:17-------8:19
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-------------------1--
Temp. °C181818181920201919181818202121211919191921222021
Feels °C (?)161617181819181820181819202020212020201921212021
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