Whatipu surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 02 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
20.5° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whatipu today?

The current surf forecast for Whatipu at 4AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (02 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Dec)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
2.3
SW
4
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1212111110101111111111111010101010691099910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)196817451304991741576706573553595441452388234196167167427243434712484139113251422
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
W
15
WNW
25
WSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38PM
2.80
8:16AM
2.81
8:40PM
2.95
9:15AM
3.00
9:36PM
3.09
10:08AM
3.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
0.53
2:36PM
0.53
3:05AM
0.37
3:32PM
0.39
3:58AM
0.26
4:26PM
0.29
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:25-------8:27-------8:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------122-1--442311--1--
Temp. °C171716162023222120191819222020191717161617171717
Feels °C (?)1617161520232222201918192219191615137610111111
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