Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
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
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999999997777888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)281328336405336328288474537525559356394444459557604689654689865141016801873
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
40
ENE
45
E
45
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
2.01
10:20AM
1.95
10:48PM
1.98
10:59AM
1.89
11:28PM
1.93
11:38AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
0.17
4:18AM
0.30
4:34PM
0.20
4:58AM
0.34
5:12PM
0.26
5:38AM
0.41
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:39-
Sunset-7:13-------7:12-------7:09------
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
122---11-11112211234792452
Temp. °C181819191919181919191919191919192020191918181818
Feels °C (?)161516161617151516151515151514151617151413131212
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