Shelly Bay

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Flat (0.3 m) at 7 s, heading toward SW, with strong onshore wind toward E.

Swell

0.3 m

SW

7 s

Wind

32 km/h

E

Onshore

Tide

0.7 m

Falling

Weather

13 °C

Partly cloudy

15 °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

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SSW

18 km/h · 35 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 13 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SSW

21 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.6 m

Overcast · 13 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SW

25 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 13 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SW

29 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SW

28 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SW

32 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.7 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SW

34 km/h · 62 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.6 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 7 s

SW

35 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.5 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 7 s

SW

32 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.6 m

Clear · 12 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 7 s

SW

36 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.8 m

Clear · 14 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 6 s

SSW

40 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.1 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.2 m · 6 s

S

38 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.3 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 5 s

SSE

36 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.5 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 6 s

SSE

36 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 15 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 7 s

SSE

36 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 15 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 7 s

S

35 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 8 s

S

34 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.1 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 8 s

SSW

29 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 9 s

SW

22 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

0.7 m

Clear · 12 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 9 s

SW

17 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.6 m

Clear · 11 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 9 s

SW

16 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.6 m

Clear · 11 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 9 s

SW

15 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

0.8 m

Clear · 10 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.1 m · 9 s

SW

14 km/h · 28 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1 m

Clear · 9 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 9 s

SW

13 km/h · 25 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.2 m

Clear · 9 °C

Nearby spots

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