Waipu River surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 08 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
18.5° 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: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (08 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
ENE
1.4
NNE
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)778999999998888888885558
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84991101481481721721761761521481261201001001009898785880514532
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
S
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
W
5
W
0
WNW
5
NNE
20
NE
5
W
10
NNE
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
glassoffoffglasscross-
on
onoffcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
2.44
10:08PM
2.30
10:42AM
2.41
11:01PM
2.23
11:35AM
2.35
11:56PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45AM
-0.07
4:18PM
0.10
4:37AM
-0.04
5:13PM
0.14
5:31AM
0.03
6:10PM
0.20
Saturday
08
Sunday
09
Monday
10
Tue
11
Sunrise-6:11-------6:11-------6:09------
Sunset-----7:59-------8:00-------8:00--
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part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
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rain showers
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rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718181918191918181919191818171616181921201817
Feels °C (?)181819182019202120202120201919181717181722211918
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