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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 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
21.2° 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: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)--
Afternoon (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121111121291099999989999141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)524389344343298288327288264313264263258205203202164158285285277269265257
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
2.29
10:28AM
2.49
10:38PM
2.36
11:05AM
2.56
11:16PM
2.41
11:40AM
2.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
0.30
4:37PM
0.41
4:47AM
0.23
5:15PM
0.33
5:24AM
0.19
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset-8:43-------8:43-------8:43------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------56------------12
Temp. °C212019191919212120202020202122232422212020212020
Feels °C (?)161615151616181919191819192020222522191818181616
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