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Te Paki surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 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 1PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)1212109999999999914141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)298295327276264264240230181177202198194158285285277269265257253171168166
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
25
E
25
ENE
35
E
25
NE
30
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:28AM
2.49
10:38PM
2.36
11:05AM
2.56
11:16PM
2.41
11:40AM
2.61
11:54PM
2.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
0.30
4:37PM
0.41
4:47AM
0.23
5:15PM
0.33
5:24AM
0.19
5:53PM
0.27
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:37------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:43-------8:42--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
----3111-----------2517238
Temp. °C191920202020202021202123222221212121222121222223
Feels °C (?)161718181818192123222225242322222222212019222121
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