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Kūaotunu Beach

Waikato, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.3 m) at 7 s, heading toward W, with strong cross-shore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.3 m

7 s

Wind

37 km/h

ENE

Cross-shore

Tide

0.6 m

Falling

Weather

14 °C

Light drizzle

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	0.2 m · 10 s	WNW	27 km/h · 49 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.2 m · 10 s	WNW	25 km/h · 51 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 9 s	WNW	28 km/h · 50 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.6 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 8 s	WNW	30 km/h · 56 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1.3 m	Overcast · 14 °C
4 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 8 s	W	29 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	1 m	Overcast · 14 °C
5 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 7 s	W	31 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	E Cross-shore	0.8 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
6 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 7 s	W	37 km/h · 71 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
7 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 6 s	SW	41 km/h · 73 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 14 °C
8 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 5 s	S	38 km/h · 75 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.7 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
9 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 5 s	SE	39 km/h · 78 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
10 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 5 s	S	42 km/h · 85 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Clear · 15 °C
11 AM	Poor	0.3 m · 6 s	SW	43 km/h · 89 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.4 m	Clear · 16 °C
12 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 7 s	W	41 km/h · 85 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.6 m	Clear · 16 °C
1 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 7 s	W	41 km/h · 82 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 16 °C
2 PM	Poor	0.3 m · 7 s	W	40 km/h · 82 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 16 °C
3 PM	Poor	0.2 m · 7 s	W	36 km/h · 80 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.5 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
4 PM	Poor	0.2 m · 7 s	W	31 km/h · 72 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.2 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.2 m · 6 s	W	25 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
6 PM	Poor	0.2 m · 6 s	W	22 km/h · 47 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.8 m	Mostly clear · 13 °C
7 PM	Poor	0.2 m · 7 s	W	19 km/h · 38 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.7 m	Mostly clear · 13 °C
8 PM	Poor	0.2 m · 8 s	W	19 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.7 m	Clear · 12 °C
9 PM	Fair	0.2 m · 9 s	W	17 km/h · 35 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.8 m	Clear · 12 °C
10 PM	Fair	0.2 m · 9 s	W	17 km/h · 33 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 11 °C
11 PM	Fair	0.2 m · 9 s	W	14 km/h · 32 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.3 m	Clear · 11 °C