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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Te Paki today?

The current surf forecast for Te Paki at 9AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (30 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131616121515151511141313131312121111111211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)231264208118116174171174121153176386480466520494461501510478461391293309
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
S
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		crosscrossglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossonglassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
2.31
7:48PM
2.26
8:29AM
2.46
8:49PM
2.38
9:23AM
2.61
9:41PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.42
1:41PM
0.54
2:05AM
0.31
2:43PM
0.40
3:02AM
0.18
3:37PM
0.26
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:46-------6:47-------6:48------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:36-------8:36--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819222220181817172022222119191919202222222121
Feels °C (?)171617212220181917172023232119191919202323232222
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