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Ripirō Beach

Northland · New Zealand

IntermediateBeach break-36.016, 173.800

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Ripirō Beach is a SW-facing sand beach on the New Zealand shoreline, opening onto the Fiji Sea — it catches S–W swell, and offshore N–E winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~15.6°C (60.1°F) on average

Jan

20°C

68°F · 17.7–22.1°C

Feb

20.7°C

69.3°F · 19.2–22.5°C

Mar

20.3°C

68.5°F · 18.6–22.1°C

Apr

19.5°C

67.1°F · 17.9–21.7°C

May

18.1°C

64.6°F · 17.1–19.7°C

Jun

16.3°C

61.3°F · 15–17.9°C

Jul

15.2°C

59.4°F · 14.3–16.1°C

Aug

14.7°C

58.5°F · 13.9–15.5°C

Sep

14.7°C

58.5°F · 13.7–15.7°C

Oct

15.6°C

60.1°F · 14.5–17°C

Nov

17°C

62.6°F · 15.3–18.8°C

Dec

18.7°C

65.7°F · 16.9–21.1°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

S–W

Best wind

N–E

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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