Waipu River surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 2AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)111111101111111111667776666777877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)595779758284116156831451401077983686051158222333569699681654
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
25
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25PM
2.34
10:44AM
2.19
11:19PM
2.28
11:40AM
2.09
12:16AM
2.19
12:39PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:55AM
0.19
5:14PM
0.09
5:52AM
0.26
6:11PM
0.18
6:53AM
0.32
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:52---
Sunset------5:47-------5:46-------5:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------468512
Temp. °C121111101113141313131210111314131212111214151515
Feels °C (?)9876891110109878911109981098910
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