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Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach

Northland, New Zealand

Today at a glance

Calmest: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 7:49 pm
7 am
3.8
19 km/h12 mph wind, Poor
8 am
3.8
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
9 am
3.9
18 km/h11 mph wind, Poor
10 am
4.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
11 am
4.0
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
5.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
4.8
15 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
3 pm
4.9
14 km/h9 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.1
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.7
21 km/h13 mph wind, Fair
Now
5.4
18 km/h11 mph wind, Fair
7 pm
4.6
20 km/h13 mph wind, Fair

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
15°C59°F
Water
16°C61°F
Wind
1811 km/hmph SSW
Gusts
2717 km/hmph
Waves
1.4 m5 ft
UV
3 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:49 pm
Today
3.8Poor7 am1912
3.8Poor8 am1811
3.9Poor9 am1811
4.0Fair10 am1610
4.0Fair11 am1610
4.2Fair12 pm1811
5.4Fair1 pm1610
4.8Fair2 pm159
4.9Fair3 pm149
5.1Fair4 pm1811
4.7Fair5 pm2113
5.4FairNow1811
4.6Fair7 pm2013
Sat
4.3Fair7 am32
4.3Fair8 am42
5.9Good9 am42
5.1Fair10 am10
4.9Fair11 am63
4.4Fair12 pm138
4.1Fair1 pm1710
4.4Fair2 pm1610
4.1Fair3 pm159
3.9Poor4 pm159
4.0Fair5 pm138
4.8Fair6 pm106
5.1Fair7 pm85
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 7 pm, 1.1 m. Low at 2 am, -1.0 m. High at 8 am, 1.1 m. Low at 2 pm, -1.0 mHigh 7 pm, 1.1 m4 ftLow 2 am, -1.0 m3 ftHigh 8 am, 1.1 m4 ftLow 2 pm, -1.0 m3 ftNow12 am6 am12 pm6 pm
  • High 7 pm, 1.1 m4 ft
  • Low 2 am, -1.0 m3 ft
  • High 8 am, 1.1 m4 ft
  • Low 2 pm, -1.0 m3 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.2 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 20%
  • Mon6.3 GoodBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 28 km/h17 mph, rain 39%
  • Tue2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 43 km/h27 mph, rain 94%
  • Wed4.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 22%
  • Thu3.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 43%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach

Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach is a sand beach located in Northland, New Zealand. It is 19,028 meters away from Rarawa Beach. The nearest airport is Kaitaia Aerodrome, 39 kilometers away.

From Wikipedia

Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach is on the western coast of the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. The beach is actually 88 kilometres (55 miles) long. Its southern end is close to the headland of Tauroa Point (Reef Point), to the west of Ahipara Bay, near Kaitaia. From there it sweeps briefly northeast before running northwest along the Aupōuri Peninsula for the majority of its length. It ends at Tiriparepa / Scott Point, 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Cape Maria van Diemen and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua.

Source: Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest airport
39 km24 miKaitaia Aerodrome (KAT)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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