Te Awapātiki

New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 AM Chatham Standard Time.

Poor

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 6 s, heading toward SSE, with strong cross-shore wind toward SSE.

Swell

0.9 m

SSE

6 s

Wind

39 km/h

SSE

Cross-shore

Tide

0.5 m

Rising

Weather

12 °C

Light drizzle

11 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 11 s

NE

36 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1 m

Overcast · 12 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 10 s

NE

38 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Overcast · 12 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 9 s

NE

39 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.8 m · 7 s

NE

39 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

E

39 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Overcast · 12 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

SSE

39 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.5 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 5 s

SW

41 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Light showers · 12 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 5 s

SW

35 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

0.7 m

Drizzle · 12 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.8 m · 6 s

SW

33 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

SSE

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 12 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.8 m · 6 s

SW

29 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

SE

Offshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

10 AM

Fair

0.7 m · 7 s

SSW

24 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1 m

Heavy drizzle · 12 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 8 s

S

40 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.1 m

Drizzle · 10 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 8 s

SSE

43 km/h · 57 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Drizzle · 10 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

SSE

47 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

SSE

46 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.8 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

SSE

45 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.6 m

Overcast · 10 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

SSE

44 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.5 m

Overcast · 10 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

S

37 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 10 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

S

33 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.4 m

Overcast · 9 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

SE

30 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.5 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

E

29 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.6 m · 9 s

NE

31 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 9 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

NE

33 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.9 m

Light drizzle · 8 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.7 m · 9 s

NE

38 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1 m

Light drizzle · 9 °C

Nearby spots

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