Waipapakauri Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipapakauri Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapakauri Beach at 8AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (19 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (19 Nov)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1099998111212101013151414131313131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2012201801661319210311273124240780201419221914173615651367134612421280137814381338
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
SSW
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
off
crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
2.05
9:46PM
2.01
10:20AM
2.08
10:26PM
2.00
10:59AM
2.10
11:03PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.34
3:05PM
0.46
3:23AM
0.33
3:46PM
0.46
4:02AM
0.32
4:25PM
0.46
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset-----8:14-------8:15-------8:15--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----11------------------
Temp. °C171718202119181716161921211918171717192021191818
Feels °C (?)171719202121181716161820191818161818202021201920
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