Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 04 Dec 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
21.2° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 9PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)181818181716161616161615151515151514141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57981521501451301271811811781781611501502722052051481468587878787
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
2.57
7:47AM
2.68
8:05PM
2.61
8:39AM
2.74
9:01PM
2.62
9:31AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.52
1:32AM
0.34
2:07PM
0.45
2:28AM
0.28
3:03PM
0.40
3:23AM
0.26
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:24-------8:24-------8:25------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817161717182020191716161620242522181717172023
Feels °C (?)111211111112121515151514141519232219161515161922
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