Takapu Beach

New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM Chatham Standard Time.

Fair

Chest-high (1.4 m) at 9 s, heading toward NE, with strong cross-onshore wind toward SSE.

Swell

1.4 m

NE

9 s

Wind

38 km/h

SSE

Cross-onshore

Tide

0.4 m

Rising

Weather

12 °C

Light showers

11 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

1.6 m · 11 s

NE

35 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

1.1 m

Overcast · 12 °C

1 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 11 s

NE

37 km/h · 57 km/h gusts

S

Onshore

1 m

Overcast · 12 °C

2 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 11 s

NE

38 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

3 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 11 s

NE

37 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

0.7 m

Overcast · 12 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

36 km/h · 57 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

0.5 m

Overcast · 12 °C

5 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

36 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

0.4 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

6 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 9 s

NE

38 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

0.4 m

Light showers · 12 °C

7 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 9 s

NE

33 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

SSE

Onshore

0.5 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

8 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 8 s

NE

30 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

SE

Onshore

0.6 m

Overcast · 12 °C

9 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 8 s

NE

27 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

SE

Onshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

10 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 8 s

NE

22 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1 m

Drizzle · 12 °C

11 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 8 s

ENE

45 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Heavy drizzle · 10 °C

12 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 8 s

ENE

47 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Drizzle · 10 °C

1 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

ENE

51 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

2 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

ENE

48 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1 m

Light drizzle · 10 °C

3 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

ENE

46 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Overcast · 10 °C

4 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NE

45 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Overcast · 10 °C

5 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NE

42 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Overcast · 10 °C

6 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NE

39 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Overcast · 9 °C

7 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NE

36 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Partly cloudy · 9 °C

8 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

ENE

35 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Partly cloudy · 9 °C

9 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

ENE

39 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

10 PM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

ENE

41 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

11 PM

Fair

1.8 m · 10 s

ENE

43 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.1 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

Nearby spots

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