Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 23 Oct 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 23). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (24 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (24 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
NNE
1.6
NNW
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.9
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)910101068866876666666667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)822901811664015810282821273736363741414141
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
E
15
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
E
10
NNW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:26PM
1.90
9:55AM
1.97
10:04PM
1.87
10:33AM
1.94
10:42PM
1.82
11:13AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
0.23
4:05PM
0.37
4:17AM
0.26
4:44PM
0.41
4:56AM
0.30
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset-7:43-------7:44-------7:45------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----13------------------
Temp. °C211918191917161616161615141115171616131213121619
Feels °C (?)16151616191716141416161412812151412109991215
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 30 km from Whananaki Beach has swung offshore (light winds from the NW at Whangarei Aero Automatic Weather Station). 0.3m 10s swell from the E to make surfable waves.

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17 km/h
NW
0.0
17.0
Air / Water (°C)
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