Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 08 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
20.9° 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 9PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.8
NNE
2
NNE
2.1
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
Period(s) (?)99999991016161615151515151414131313131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70765167060653948144546415121889181817261588143414341292137014531502179119693630772110549
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
NE
5
NE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
1.74
11:53PM
1.79
12:04PM
1.66
12:42AM
1.73
12:54PM
1.60
1:35AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
0.40
6:06AM
0.56
6:20PM
0.47
6:55AM
0.62
7:10PM
0.52
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:06-------6:04----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121201817171717191919191818171819191919191919
Feels °C (?)222223211817161616181919191817151617161616151412
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