Whatipu surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 01 Mar 2026 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whatipu today?

The current surf forecast for Whatipu at 9AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (01 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
0.8
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313121212127888811111071111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9348677577467345855494714211255758100595814461401178213331146550150973851754461
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
45
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
2.99
9:51PM
2.99
10:19AM
3.16
10:41PM
3.16
11:04AM
3.28
11:24PM
3.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:15AM
0.70
3:49PM
0.59
4:11AM
0.51
4:39PM
0.42
4:58AM
0.38
5:22PM
0.30
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset-----8:01-------8:00-------7:59--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181719211919181717171516171616141414141516161616
Feels °C (?)151518211617151313128996766678991011
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