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Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 09 Dec 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 1.9°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 2PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (09 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (09 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
2.4
NE
3
NE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
E
1.8
NE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)116678101212121211111111111010101099161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2534531162516401665236824052441210918231437102979212591082892674485424256253250
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
2.22
11:47PM
1.97
12:21PM
2.14
12:43AM
1.88
1:14PM
2.05
1:40AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
0.19
6:00AM
0.11
6:42PM
0.25
6:54AM
0.22
7:37PM
0.30
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---8:28-------8:29-------8:30----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919191818181819202020181816162021202318181616
Feels °C (?)181717181717161516161718171714141818172015141111
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