Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 27 Nov 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
20.1° C
(Which is 2.8°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 8AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (27 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (27 Nov)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111101010101010101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)730771862862904887759778717663562490480425348328276276230212212173173173
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
N
25
N
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
25
NNW
5
W
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
1.67
12:57PM
1.84
1:13AM
1.65
1:44PM
1.83
2:08AM
1.64
2:35PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.41
7:18PM
0.51
7:24AM
0.44
8:08PM
0.48
8:16AM
0.47
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise---6:01-------6:01-------6:00----
Sunset-------8:16-------8:17-------8:19
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------2--11-----
Temp. °C191818182020212120201919232223242118181923222122
Feels °C (?)191819192018192121212019242024242118191924222123
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