Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 18 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 11AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
1
NNE
0.3
NE
0.5
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.5
N
Period(s) (?)13121212121212121111111111111178888810107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)54504948282827261312129999961133678495220
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
25
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
30
N
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
30
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
2.12
8:03PM
2.16
8:18AM
2.15
8:52PM
2.21
9:06AM
2.15
9:41PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.19
1:50PM
0.01
2:15AM
0.14
2:37PM
-0.04
3:05AM
0.12
3:25PM
-0.04
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:52-------5:51---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----12241-----14--12111
Temp. °C171819191919191918171719191817181716171717161616
Feels °C (?)141414141414131313141517151615131212131112121110
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