Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 10 Sep 2025 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
15.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whananaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki Beach at 10AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (10 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)9101011101010101010101010101010101010101010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)13915716021820616315913513612512311111210310099939558575739500
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
W
0
NNW
5
ENE
20
ENE
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
NNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
2.11
9:09PM
2.22
9:37AM
2.14
9:55PM
2.19
10:26AM
2.14
10:44PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
0.04
3:00PM
0.08
3:29AM
-0.00
3:48PM
0.10
4:15AM
-0.00
4:38PM
0.15
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
Sunrise--6:28-------6:28-------6:26-----
Sunset-----6:08-------6:08-------6:09--
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1112176311821---
Temp. °C121315192017151513121112121213151616151717151212
Feels °C (?)6810141613101110109111211101213131412121066
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Whananaki Beach (light winds from the NNW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station 30 km from Whananaki Beach). 0.9m 10s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 11s groundswell, also from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
NNW
0.0
15.5
Air / Water (°C)
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