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Buffalo Beach

Whitianga, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 1:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Knee-high (0.9 m) at 4 s, heading toward SW, with moderate cross-onshore wind toward S.

Swell

0.9 m

4 s

Wind

15 km/h

Cross-onshore

Tide

2.4 m

Falling

Weather

17 °C

Clear

15 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Friday, September 18, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 4 s	SSW	7 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	2.4 m	Overcast · 13 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 4 s	SSW	7 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	S Onshore	2.1 m	Drizzle · 13 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 4 s	SSW	12 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	SW Onshore	1.7 m	Drizzle · 13 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 4 s	SSW	12 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	SW Onshore	1.2 m	Showers · 13 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 5 s	SSW	12 km/h · 24 km/h gusts	WSW Onshore	0.9 m	Light showers · 13 °C
5 AM	Poor	0.8 m · 5 s	SSW	17 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	WSW Onshore	0.7 m	Light showers · 13 °C
6 AM	Poor	0.7 m · 5 s	SSW	18 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	SW Onshore	0.7 m	Thunderstorm · 14 °C
7 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 5 s	SSW	10 km/h · 33 km/h gusts	S Onshore	1 m	Drizzle · 13 °C
8 AM	Poor	1 m · 5 s	SSW	13 km/h · 25 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
9 AM	Poor	1.1 m · 5 s	SSW	13 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	1.9 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
10 AM	Poor	1 m · 5 s	SSW	16 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	2.3 m	Light drizzle · 16 °C
11 AM	Poor	1 m · 4 s	SSW	16 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	S Onshore	2.5 m	Light drizzle · 17 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.9 m · 4 s	SW	15 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	SSW Onshore	2.5 m	Clear · 17 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.9 m · 4 s	SW	15 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	S Onshore	2.4 m	Clear · 17 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.8 m · 4 s	SW	12 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	2 m	Clear · 18 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 4 s	SW	11 km/h · 26 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	1.6 m	Light drizzle · 17 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 4 s	SW	10 km/h · 23 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	1.2 m	Light drizzle · 17 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.8 m · 4 s	SW	9 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	S Cross-shore	0.9 m	Clear · 16 °C
6 PM	Fair	0.8 m · 4 s	SW	4 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	SSE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 14 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 5 s	SW	4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.7 m · 5 s	SSW	6 km/h · 11 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Clear · 11 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	9 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	5 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	2.1 m	Clear · 11 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.6 m · 6 s	SSW	10 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	2.4 m	Partly cloudy · 11 °C