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Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 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
20.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whananaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki Beach at 5AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121212121211111111111111109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)504949494949484847474646434240404040392320215222
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
W
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
N
20
N
30
NNW
20
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
NW
15
N
15
N
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.83
1:29PM
1.95
2:00AM
1.76
2:16PM
1.84
2:53AM
1.71
3:05PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.34
7:51PM
0.32
8:04AM
0.45
8:38PM
0.39
8:55AM
0.55
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise---6:16-------6:18-------6:18----
Sunset-------8:40-------8:39-------8:39
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201717182222222322212019222424242421181721222224
Feels °C (?)191617172323212323212019222120222420181722212125
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