
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 published LINZ 2026 predictions for Mangawhai Heads. Times use the location time zone (Pacific/Auckland).
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 predictions for the next 7 days, from LINZ. Times use Pacific/Auckland.
| Day | High tides | Low tides |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 25 Oct | 07:19 · 2.37m, 19:36 · 2.46m | 00:52 · 0.28m, 13:16 · 0.28m |
| Mon 26 Oct | 08:06 · 2.56m, 20:23 · 2.56m | 01:39 · 0.19m, 14:01 · 0.19m |
| Tue 27 Oct | 08:52 · 2.65m, 21:10 · 2.65m | 02:26 · 0.01m, 14:47 · 0.1m |
| Wed 28 Oct | 09:39 · 2.74m, 21:59 · 2.65m | 03:13 · -0.08m, 15:35 · 0.1m |
| Thu 29 Oct | 10:26 · 2.74m, 22:50 · 2.65m | 04:00 · -0.08m, 16:25 · 0.1m |
| Fri 30 Oct | 11:16 · 2.74m, 23:42 · 2.56m | 04:49 · -0.08m, 17:17 · 0.19m |
| Sat 31 Oct | 12:08 · 2.65m | 05:39 · 0.01m, 18:13 · 0.19m |