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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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
20.7° 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 12PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.1
SSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111111101010109999910101616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444761800861898743659288277234311262222166141119122117117260361468565686
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
20
W
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
1.98
5:41PM
1.97
6:32AM
1.99
6:45PM
1.97
7:32AM
2.06
7:43PM
2.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37AM
0.86
12:08AM
0.69
12:41PM
0.86
1:06AM
0.66
1:40PM
0.81
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-6:28-------6:30-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:44-------8:44--
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
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light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191820222322192019202323232322222120202021222019
Feels °C (?)191921232424202220212222222323232120222123232221
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