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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 08 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
20.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Te Paki today?

The current surf forecast for Te Paki at 8PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111113131213131313121212121115141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3142932732682632582872492535375556235915295125806246035935011123536529821
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononcross-
on		ononononononononglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
2.32
2:11PM
2.46
2:37AM
2.21
2:56PM
2.30
3:29AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:47PM
0.29
7:59AM
0.36
8:34PM
0.39
8:46AM
0.52
9:21PM
0.51
9:38AM
0.68
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset-8:45-------8:45-------8:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918181818192020201919191920212221202020202122
Feels °C (?)171616171717181918191919191920202221202121212021
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