Waipu River surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 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
22.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (04 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ESE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1010999999988813121212121214129101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)747358564140393736353435573030282828363629372725
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
2.24
9:00PM
2.12
9:23AM
2.25
9:45PM
2.14
10:05AM
2.22
10:28PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.18
3:26AM
0.16
3:55PM
0.15
4:09AM
0.18
4:35PM
0.15
4:51AM
0.23
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:57-------7:55-------7:53----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141818161514141416192019161515141620211917151414
Feels °C (?)101515121313131316181918141414131519181616141313
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