Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Whananaki Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whananaki Beach sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whananaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki Beach at 10PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Whananaki Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
NE
4
NE
3.5
NE
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2.1
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)999999999999101016161615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2627234419547758657927237236706015394924554641474188920541772158814151471129212081488
Wind
(km/h)
45
NE
45
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
1.87
11:20AM
1.74
11:53PM
1.79
12:04PM
1.66
12:42AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52PM
0.32
5:20AM
0.48
5:34PM
0.40
6:06AM
0.56
6:20PM
0.47
6:55AM
0.62
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:39-------6:41-------6:41-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:06------
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21122------------1------
Temp. °C192020202120202121211817171718192020191919191919
Feels °C (?)131516172221212121221817171718192121202019181716
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