Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 Mar 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
21.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8PM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)16ft (5.0m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
4
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
4.5
NE
4
NE
4.5
NNE
3.5
NE
2.2
NNE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010101099998888887777111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414246294631379032283339255378413021032834687574486398337269242211158121133128110
Wind
(km/h)
55
NE
55
NE
50
NE
50
NNE
40
NNE
40
NNE
15
NNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
1.86
2:42AM
1.93
3:04PM
1.78
3:49AM
1.89
4:13PM
1.75
4:55AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
0.37
8:18PM
0.27
9:00AM
0.44
9:23PM
0.33
10:09AM
0.46
10:31PM
0.36
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--------7:30-------7:30-------
Sunset---7:25-------7:23-------7:22----
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12182210531-----------------
Temp. °C191920202021211919212121191818171820202020191918
Feels °C (?)111114141617222020212021201919171921202120191918
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