Whananaki Beach Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.51° S 174.47° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 NZDT

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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 16.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 6PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (14 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

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	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	11	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	43	43	28	28	28	28	17	17	12	12	18	19	20	19	19	19	22	20	9	11	11	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:59PM 1.98				2:22AM 1.79				3:04PM 1.91				3:30AM 1.73					4:09PM 1.87				4:37AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	7:36AM 0.24				8:19PM 0.40				8:39AM 0.33				9:25PM 0.45				9:44AM 0.39					10:31PM 0.46

	Tuesday 14					Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Friday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	20	17	14	13	12	11	14	17	17	15	12	11	11	11	15	20	20	16	13	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	14	12	16	12	10	10	8	7	9	13	12	10	9	8	8	9	12	18	15	12	11	10	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Tauranga Bay have swung cross-off (fresh winds from the W at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Tauranga Bay). 1.8m 6s windswell from the NW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
43 minutes ago Tauranga Bay

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30 km away, 43 min ago

28 km/h

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16.5

Air / Water (°C)

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