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Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
20.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whananaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Whananaki Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
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)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1212111111111111111099913999991212131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464643424040404039232021222721222221213437424232
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SW
5
N
20
N
25
NNW
20
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
WNW
15
N
15
NNE
5
E
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SE
15
E
15
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
1.76
2:16PM
1.84
2:53AM
1.71
3:05PM
1.75
3:48AM
1.68
3:57PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.45
8:38PM
0.39
8:55AM
0.55
9:27PM
0.44
9:50AM
0.62
10:18PM
0.47
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:39-------8:39-------8:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202022242525242018172223232320171616181719201918
Feels °C (?)202022212123241918182322222420151414161418191918
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