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Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 Nov 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
18.5° 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 12PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)11111110101010101010109999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421133811481060902810692615555452434378370370299299292255261266272307320348
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
1.91
8:19PM
1.83
8:51AM
1.94
8:58PM
1.83
9:30AM
1.95
9:38PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53AM
0.29
2:20PM
0.44
2:32AM
0.27
3:01PM
0.42
3:12AM
0.26
3:41PM
0.42
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:10-------8:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171618192019181817161718181918181717191818191918
Feels °C (?)171618171919181817161717171918181716181618202019
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