Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 14 Nov 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (14 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (14 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)888888788891010101010101010101010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11611611385855048515192127183228223225234234234230230225220217216
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39PM
1.87
4:13AM
1.70
4:35PM
1.83
5:11AM
1.71
5:27PM
1.81
6:03AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.42
10:03PM
0.42
10:18AM
0.48
10:59PM
0.41
11:16AM
0.50
11:48PM
0.38
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:05
Sunset---8:04-------8:05-------8:06----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------32------------
Temp. °C171920181514131419211818161514131515161616161616
Feels °C (?)131414141312111216161718141312111312141415161514
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Whananaki Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest