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Waipapakauri Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 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
20.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipapakauri Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapakauri Beach at 9AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

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

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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)
2
3
1
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)13131212121111121212121211111110101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9981083980889789686581658488574880822780688606527442355322273196166141138
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SE
5
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.95
5:05PM
1.99
5:45AM
1.89
5:55PM
1.91
6:44AM
1.87
6:47PM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
0.59
10:47PM
0.50
11:10AM
0.66
11:38PM
0.55
12:07PM
0.71
12:32AM
0.57
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:44-------8:44-------8:44--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191921222322201818182021222119181818222324232120
Feels °C (?)212021212222211819192122232321202020232323232221
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