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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Te Paki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Te Paki sea temperature is
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Te Paki today?

The current surf forecast for Te Paki at 9PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
NW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111110121010999991017161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8987436592882392123152622221661411191221171482603614685656861187137414841363
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
15
N
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41PM
1.97
6:32AM
1.99
6:45PM
1.97
7:32AM
2.06
7:43PM
2.02
8:24AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08AM
0.69
12:41PM
0.86
1:06AM
0.66
1:40PM
0.81
1:59AM
0.59
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:31-------6:31--
Sunset-8:45-------8:44-------8:44------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------11--11---------
Temp. °C232120202122232323232121222022232322202019192121
Feels °C (?)232122212122222222222321222122222323222120192019
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