Tawharanui surf break

Tawharanui surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 23 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tawharanui today?

The current surf forecast for Tawharanui at 5AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (23 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (23 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.2
N
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)810888999109999999119101010101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1286758889161614141614151815151617161614
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
5
SE
0
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffoffcrossglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
2.57
12:21PM
2.59
12:46AM
2.53
1:12PM
2.52
1:39AM
2.48
2:07PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
0.62
6:44PM
0.53
7:08AM
0.69
7:37PM
0.57
8:10AM
0.76
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:58--------7:00-------7:01---
Sunset-------8:07-------8:06-------8:05
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171816151720212017161515162123211717181919202020
Feels °C (?)151613121419211916151514152020181516191917181819
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