Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 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
21.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 12AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.3
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
N
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.5
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)991199101010101366610610101010881188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16618151516171516143436292618242414142424301521
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crossononononononononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
2.52
1:39AM
2.48
2:07PM
2.45
2:40AM
2.42
3:08PM
2.39
3:49AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37PM
0.57
8:10AM
0.76
8:34PM
0.62
9:15AM
0.79
9:37PM
0.66
10:21AM
0.80
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-
Sunset-8:06-------8:05-------8:04------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212117171818191920191818181819191919191818181920
Feels °C (?)201715171817171618171617181718181819191818192020
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