Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Mar 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
21.0° C
(Which is 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 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)11111010109131310101099912121212101010101016
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666440383734838433333330232236353636241919353350
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
5
W
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
15
E
10
NE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
2.10
10:37PM
2.01
10:53AM
2.04
11:18PM
1.98
11:32AM
1.96
11:59PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.17
4:29PM
0.14
4:45AM
0.22
5:08PM
0.17
5:26AM
0.29
5:47PM
0.23
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise--7:11-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset-----7:53-------7:52-------7:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151516171818171515141617181818171615171819191917
Feels °C (?)141416151617161415131616171718171615181717171816
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