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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 17 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
21.3° 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 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.9
SW
1.2
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SSE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111111119101012912118111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1018956933918822835710622506396357278288217240279246230207155101101104137
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
20
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
ENE
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19PM
2.20
9:50AM
2.39
10:00PM
2.29
10:28AM
2.49
10:38PM
2.36
11:05AM
2.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.39
3:58PM
0.50
4:09AM
0.30
4:37PM
0.41
4:47AM
0.23
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset-8:44-------8:43-------8:43------
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heavy rain
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------11581514422211
Temp. °C222219191919192019191919191919192021202020202121
Feels °C (?)212119201918151614141515151414141518161616161919
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