Whatipu surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 10 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
21.1° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whatipu today?

The current surf forecast for Whatipu at 1AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (11 Dec)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131413131313121212121414131389998813131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)58779971173471176375163679594426673126281733571559174914438389488025285281067981
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
30
S
20
NE
20
ENE
15
E
10
NE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
3.00
3:29AM
2.78
3:55PM
2.86
4:22AM
2.65
4:48PM
2.73
5:18AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.60
9:43AM
0.69
10:18PM
0.73
10:37AM
0.83
11:15PM
0.84
11:37AM
0.93
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:32-------8:34-------8:35------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019191818191920191817161618181819191716151820
Feels °C (?)1817161716171717191613119911111215141412121619
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