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Whananaki Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 21 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 6AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
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
1.4
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) (?)101010101099999999910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)692615555506434378370370299299255255261266301356320327320314314307314341
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
NE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrossoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
1.83
8:51AM
1.94
8:58PM
1.83
9:30AM
1.95
9:38PM
1.82
10:10AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
0.27
3:01PM
0.42
3:12AM
0.26
3:41PM
0.42
3:51AM
0.27
4:22PM
0.44
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:10-------8:12-------8:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------213
Temp. °C181817161718181918181717181818191918171617171819
Feels °C (?)181817161717161919181716171717202019181617171820
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