Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 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
20.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whananaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1010109991212121210101013101616151515161699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333333342334363636362419196733504845454647482827
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
15
E
10
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
SW
0
S
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
0
NW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
2.04
11:18PM
1.98
11:32AM
1.96
11:59PM
1.92
12:12PM
1.87
12:42AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:45AM
0.22
5:08PM
0.17
5:26AM
0.29
5:47PM
0.23
6:07AM
0.37
6:27PM
0.31
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:51-------7:50--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161516171818181817161719201919181616181819191918
Feels °C (?)161415161717171818161818171717171516181719192018
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