Whatipu surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Whatipu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whatipu sea temperature is
17.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whatipu today?

The current surf forecast for Whatipu at 1PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)151414141313131312121212121212121111112020191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)841311611862292192492411871841471471141129391878259977573126178
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:30AM
3.18
10:51PM
3.27
11:17AM
3.27
11:37PM
3.28
12:03PM
3.29
12:23AM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
0.13
4:46PM
0.13
5:10AM
0.07
5:33PM
0.10
5:56AM
0.08
6:20PM
0.15
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
Sunrise-6:13-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset-----7:58-------7:59-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416171717161615141819201918171616181919181716
Feels °C (?)131214151415151514131717181818171616181717171716
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