Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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
20.8° 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 12PM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (09 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)16s
Evening (09 Apr)6ft (1.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
2
NNE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.8
NNE
2
NNE
2.2
NE
2.4
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
6
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)91016161615151515141414131313131313141515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4454641512188918181726165214721432130115821773206328734374533760908294126441725818474182241578014652
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
50
ESE
60
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
1.66
12:42AM
1.73
12:54PM
1.60
1:35AM
1.69
1:50PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.56
6:20PM
0.47
6:55AM
0.62
7:10PM
0.52
7:51AM
0.65
8:06PM
0.55
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:41-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:04-------6:02--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------1----------114212
Temp. °C161717181919191818181819191919191919192020212121
Feels °C (?)151616171819201817161516161615141312121313151512
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