Waipu River surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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 8AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)11111110101010101010109999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138811901113926778698600588490430412378327320282282255221255282295264269303
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
ESE
0
NW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
0
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
5
NE
0
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffglassononononglassglassoffcross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
2.01
8:11PM
1.94
8:41AM
2.04
8:51PM
1.95
9:21AM
2.06
9:31PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
0.32
2:24PM
0.45
2:37AM
0.30
3:06PM
0.44
3:16AM
0.29
3:47PM
0.44
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:03-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:10-------8:12-------8:13--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161519222119171716151718181918171616191919191918
Feels °C (?)161519222120171716151717161920181616201718202118
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