
Where a meandering estuary meets the Pacific, Mangawhai Heads offers a landscape in constant motion. The tidal dance here is gentler than the west coast but endlessly fascinating — sandbars shift with every cycle, creating a dynamic coastal environment that changes daily.
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How the tides and swell change through the year at Auckland locations.
Warm water with smaller, fun swells.
Reliable SW groundswells, excellent tide activity.
Larger swells from the Tasman, powerful tides.
Fresh conditions, building swell consistency.
Annual tide statistics computed from verified LINZ data for Mangawhai Heads.
2.92m on 18 May at 20:44
-0.08m on 16 Jun at 13:57
2.09m between high and low
April — highest avg high tides
Two high and two low tides daily
3m — from lowest low to highest high
High and low tide times for the next 7 days, drawn from verified LINZ data.
| Day | High tides | Low tides |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 10 Sep | 06:16 · 2.46m, 18:41 · 2.65m | 12:17 · 0.1m |
| Fri 11 Sep | 07:11 · 2.56m, 19:31 · 2.74m | 00:47 · 0.19m, 13:08 · 0.1m |
| Sat 12 Sep | 08:01 · 2.65m, 20:18 · 2.74m | 01:37 · 0.1m, 13:55 · 0.01m |
| Sun 13 Sep | 08:47 · 2.74m, 21:03 · 2.74m | 02:24 · 0.1m, 14:39 · 0.1m |
| Mon 14 Sep | 09:31 · 2.65m, 21:47 · 2.65m | 03:07 · 0.1m, 15:22 · 0.1m |
| Tue 15 Sep | 10:13 · 2.65m, 22:29 · 2.56m | 03:49 · 0.1m, 16:04 · 0.19m |
| Wed 16 Sep | 10:54 · 2.56m, 23:11 · 2.37m | 04:29 · 0.19m, 16:46 · 0.37m |