Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 13 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
16.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whananaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki Beach at 1PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.4
NNE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999991010109999999999610101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65666666686971715145432828282828281761219202019
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
2.07
1:18AM
1.89
1:59PM
1.98
2:22AM
1.79
3:04PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.13
7:16PM
0.32
7:36AM
0.24
8:19PM
0.40
8:39AM
0.33
9:25PM
0.45
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset-----7:34-------7:35-------7:36--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1----143-----------
Temp. °C161618191917161717171717161614131211141617151211
Feels °C (?)151515151515141514141313131299871011121098
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Whananaki Beach (moderate winds from the NNW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Whananaki Beach). A 0.6m swell from the ENE

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30 km away, 54 min ago

22 km/h
NNW
0.0
16.2
Air / Water (°C)
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