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Whatipu surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 20 Dec 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 2.7°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: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (20 Dec)8ft (2.4m)9s
Evening (20 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tue
23
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)8899910101013131212121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85396698998910331060114610661874191215431372114110741007865778685579471423332287397
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
2.93
11:21PM
2.85
11:46AM
2.98
12:00AM
2.88
12:24PM
3.00
12:38AM
2.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00AM
0.64
5:23PM
0.70
5:38AM
0.58
6:01PM
0.65
6:16AM
0.54
6:40PM
0.61
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tue
23
Sunrise-5:56-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset-----8:39-------8:39-------8:40--
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
21--------------------11
Temp. °C181817171717161616161717171716161616171819191919
Feels °C (?)141413131211111111111313131313131413151516181718
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