Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 06 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 5PM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (06 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4
ENE
4
NE
2.5
NNE
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)7788889999999999911111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48554257268910821410173018972351247122921048847758758676637798730639564524426417
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
45
ENE
45
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
1.89
10:28PM
1.93
10:38AM
1.82
11:09PM
1.87
11:20AM
1.74
11:53PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12PM
0.26
4:38AM
0.41
4:52PM
0.32
5:20AM
0.48
5:34PM
0.40
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise6:37-------6:39-------6:39-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:07-------6:07----
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1158848672221---------
Temp. °C191919191818181818192020212121191920212018171616
Feels °C (?)141514141212111212131416181922212021212018161515
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