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Waipapakauri Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Waipapakauri Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipapakauri Beach sea temperature is
21.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipapakauri Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapakauri Beach at 4AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Waipapakauri Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
1
!
2
3
!
2
2
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)999101016161615151514141414141413131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141991061111311672513444325426778131382886166584980114827556731037102110921137
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
1.88
7:41PM
1.84
8:32AM
1.92
8:33PM
1.86
9:20AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.57
1:05PM
0.72
1:25AM
0.57
1:58PM
0.70
2:16AM
0.53
2:48PM
0.66
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:30----
Sunset-------8:44-------8:43-------8:43
cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--2212121---------------
Temp. °C212120202223222220191918202121201818171720222321
Feels °C (?)222221212222222322202019191919181718171720222320
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