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Whatipu surfForecast / Auckland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whatipu today?

The current surf forecast for Whatipu at 11PM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.2
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
0.4
SW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131213121212991010916988141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302522791844144213239935999773891780162616231722154065934574373140138125144116136
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ESE
15
S
25
S
35
S
25
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
3.24
12:31AM
3.27
12:50PM
3.11
1:19AM
3.17
1:41PM
2.96
2:13AM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
0.37
6:48AM
0.48
7:08PM
0.49
7:38AM
0.61
7:58PM
0.63
8:34AM
0.74
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:54-
Sunset5:49-------5:47-------5:46-------
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2211---11---------------
Temp. °C161515151413141515131212121212121314141211101013
Feels °C (?)1414131414121413106655656910976559
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