Waipu River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.99° S 174.48° E

Issued: 6 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Waipu River sea temperature is

16.7°C

Waipu River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Waipu River today (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Waipu River at 9AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Evening (15 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu morning, light winds from the SSW by Sat afternoon).
	Thursday 15							Friday 16								Saturday 17
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	N 5	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NE 10	N 6	NE 9	NE 9	N 7	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 5	SE 5	ESE 7	E 16	E 16
Wave Graph
kJ	45	90	191	366	172	103	79	61	23	47	28	23	14	14	14	55	85	99	45	30	26	20	20
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	ESE	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				11:03AM2.09m				11:16PM1.97m				11:45AM2.02m				11:59PM1.88m				12:29PM1.94m
Low Tide		5:00AM0.25m				5:28PM0.40m				5:41AM0.33m				6:11PM0.47m				6:24AM0.41m				6:58PM0.55m


	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—
mm	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	13	16	14	13	12	12	12	13	15	14	13	12	10	9	8	11	13	14	13	12
Feels °C	15	14	13	7	10	9	8	7	6	6	7	9	8	7	8	6	3	3	7	8	11	8	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NE 10	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	NE 9	NE 10	NE 9	NE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6
kJ	45	45	36	25	172	103	79	61	23	47	28	22	14	8	7	14	14	22	15	10	26	15	13
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	—	—	N 12	NE 10	NE 9	NE 10	NE 10	N 11	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 6	N 6	N 6	NE 13	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	3	—	—	3	23	23	23	23	2	23	23	23	14	14	14	3	3	3	7	15	14	15	16
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	—	—	—	E 16	E 15	E 15	N 11	—	N 11	NE 14	WNW 4	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	N 6	NE 13	N 18	NE 13	E 17	E 16	E 16
kJ	2	—	—	—	5	5	4	2	—	2	8	2	8	8	7	7	1	7	6	7	6	20	20
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 7	W 4	W 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	NW 4	WNW 4	WSW 4	SW 4	SSW 3	SSW 3	S 3	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 7	SE 5	SE 5	—	—	—
kJ	44	90	191	366	26	27	32	31	62	52	47	11	7	8	6	55	85	99	45	30	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waipu River Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Houhora Harbour Bar Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Waipu River Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Homunga Bay Coromandel	Waipu River Northland	Waipu River Northland	Waipu Cove Northland	The Ledge Northland	Taipa Bay Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Waipu Cove Northland	Waipu River Northland	Langs beach Northland	Langs beach Northland	Mukerau Beach Northland	Langs beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	2	2	1	3	1
Distance (km)	0	39	184	434	176	110	0	14	39	39	200	0	0	5	105	144	107	5	0	9	9	152	9
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Ngunguru Bar	Ngunguru Bar			Houhora Harbour Bar	Takou Bay	Helena Bay	Taupo Bay	Taupo Bay	Ngunguru Bar		Omaha Beach and Bar	Takou Bay	Pataua	The Ledge	Taipa Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Waipu River	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Ledge	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes
Rating (10 max)	1	1			2	2	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	4	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Inner Cut Nelson - Tasman Bay	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	1	4	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4

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