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Waiotahe Beach

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 11:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 4 s, heading toward SSE, with moderate cross-shore wind toward W.

Swell

0.9 m

SSE

4 s

Wind

8 km/h

Cross-shore

Tide

1.7 m

Falling

Weather

12 °C

Drizzle

15 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 5 s	SSE	4 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.4 m	Clear · 8 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 4 s	SE	2 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1 m	Clear · 7 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 4 s	SE	1 km/h · 5 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 6 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 4 s	SE	2 km/h · 6 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	0.4 m	Mostly clear · 5 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 6 s	SSE	4 km/h · 10 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	0.3 m	Overcast · 4 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.3 m · 8 s	S	4 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	NNW Offshore	0.3 m	Overcast · 3 °C
6 AM	Fair	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	6 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	0.6 m	Overcast · 3 °C
7 AM	Fair	0.3 m · 11 s	SSW	9 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 5 °C
8 AM	Fair	0.3 m · 11 s	SSW	7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	NW Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 10 °C
9 AM	Fair	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	5 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	WSW Onshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 13 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	7 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 14 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	11 km/h · 24 km/h gusts	S Onshore	1.7 m	Overcast · 14 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	16 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 15 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	S Onshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 15 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 11 s	SSW	15 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	SSE Onshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 15 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 10 s	SSW	15 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	S Onshore	0.7 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 8 s	S	14 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	S Onshore	0.5 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 6 s	SSE	13 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	0.5 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
6 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 4 s	SE	13 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
7 PM	Poor	0.4 m · 4 s	SE	10 km/h · 27 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	0.9 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
8 PM	Poor	0.6 m · 4 s	SSE	9 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	1.2 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 4 s	SSE	4 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	WSW Onshore	1.5 m	Heavy drizzle · 12 °C
10 PM	Good	0.8 m · 4 s	SSE	6 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	WSW Onshore	1.7 m	Light showers · 12 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.9 m · 4 s	SSE	8 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	W Cross-shore	1.7 m	Drizzle · 12 °C