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Hikuwai Beach

Ōpōtiki, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 4:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Knee-high (0.6 m) at 6 s, heading toward SSW, with strong cross-onshore wind toward ESE.

Swell

0.6 m

SSW

6 s

Wind

23 km/h

ESE

Cross-onshore

Tide

1 m

Falling

Weather

13 °C

Overcast

15 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 7 s	SSW	15 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.6 m	Partly cloudy · 13 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	13 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	ESE Cross-shore	1.6 m	Overcast · 13 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	16 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	ESE Cross-shore	1.4 m	Partly cloudy · 13 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	19 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.2 m	Overcast · 13 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	23 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1 m	Overcast · 13 °C
5 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 6 s	S	28 km/h · 55 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	0.7 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
6 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 6 s	S	27 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	ESE Cross-shore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
7 AM	Poor	0.9 m · 6 s	SSE	24 km/h · 46 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
8 AM	Poor	1.1 m · 6 s	SSE	24 km/h · 54 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.7 m	Clear · 13 °C
9 AM	Poor	1.3 m · 5 s	SE	35 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.9 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
10 AM	Poor	1.2 m · 5 s	SE	33 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.2 m	Clear · 14 °C
11 AM	Poor	1.2 m · 5 s	SE	32 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.4 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
12 PM	Good	1.2 m · 5 s	SE	25 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.6 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
1 PM	Good	1.1 m · 5 s	SE	21 km/h · 45 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.6 m	Clear · 16 °C
2 PM	Poor	1 m · 6 s	SE	25 km/h · 46 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Clear · 16 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.9 m · 6 s	SE	26 km/h · 46 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Mostly clear · 16 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.8 m · 6 s	SE	25 km/h · 47 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.1 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.8 m · 6 s	SE	21 km/h · 43 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Clear · 14 °C
6 PM	Good	0.8 m · 6 s	SE	9 km/h · 36 km/h gusts	N Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 12 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 6 s	SE	13 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	0.6 m	Clear · 10 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 6 s	SE	16 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	0.6 m	Clear · 9 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 6 s	ESE	14 km/h · 28 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	0.8 m	Clear · 9 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 6 s	SE	10 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1 m	Clear · 8 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	SE	9 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1.2 m	Clear · 7 °C