Waipu River surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 24 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Waipu River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipu River sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipu River today?

The current surf forecast for Waipu River at 7PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)--
Afternoon (24 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (24 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

Table - waves today at Waipu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.9
NNW
1
N
1.3
N
Period(s) (?)666666666666777777777455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282717282020211519192628303241313118161218234594
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
1.99
10:25AM
2.06
10:37PM
1.95
11:05AM
2.02
11:17PM
1.89
11:46AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22AM
0.29
4:50PM
0.43
5:01AM
0.33
5:31PM
0.48
5:42AM
0.39
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:24--
Sunset-7:44-------7:45-------7:45------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615141211161717151213121115171816131211121720
Feels °C (?)16151513108131313119101091011121310109101416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Waipu River (light winds from the ENE at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 27 km from Waipu River). 0.6m 6s windswell from the NNE with a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
ENE
0.0
17.6
Air / Water (°C)
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