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Kowhai Beach

Te Hiku Community, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 10:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Well overhead (2.9 m) at 10 s, heading toward NE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward NE.

Swell

2.9 m

10 s

Wind

33 km/h

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.9 m

Rising

Weather

16 °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	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.6 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
1 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	30 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
2 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.7 m	Mostly clear · 15 °C
3 AM	Fair	2.8 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	E Offshore	1.6 m	Clear · 15 °C
4 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.3 m	Partly cloudy · 16 °C
5 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	33 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	1.1 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
6 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	33 km/h · 59 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.8 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
7 AM	Fair	2.7 m · 10 s	NE	34 km/h · 60 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.7 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
8 AM	Fair	2.8 m · 10 s	NE	33 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.6 m	Light drizzle · 16 °C
9 AM	Fair	2.8 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	ENE Offshore	0.7 m	Light drizzle · 16 °C
10 AM	Fair	2.9 m · 10 s	NE	33 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	0.9 m	Light drizzle · 16 °C
11 AM	Fair	2.9 m · 10 s	NE	35 km/h · 68 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 17 °C
12 PM	Fair	2.9 m · 10 s	NE	34 km/h · 68 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.5 m	Overcast · 16 °C
1 PM	Fair	2.9 m · 10 s	NE	33 km/h · 66 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.6 m	Partly cloudy · 17 °C
2 PM	Fair	3 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 64 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 16 °C
3 PM	Fair	3 m · 10 s	NE	32 km/h · 63 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.7 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
4 PM	Fair	3 m · 10 s	NE	29 km/h · 62 km/h gusts	NE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
5 PM	Fair	3.1 m · 9 s	NE	28 km/h · 58 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.3 m	Light drizzle · 15 °C
6 PM	Good	3.1 m · 9 s	NE	25 km/h · 51 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.1 m	Mostly clear · 14 °C
7 PM	Good	3.2 m · 9 s	NE	23 km/h · 45 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.9 m	Partly cloudy · 14 °C
8 PM	Good	3.2 m · 9 s	NE	23 km/h · 42 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 14 °C
9 PM	Good	3.3 m · 10 s	NE	22 km/h · 41 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.8 m	Overcast · 14 °C
10 PM	Good	3.4 m · 10 s	NE	21 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.9 m	Overcast · 14 °C
11 PM	Good	3.4 m · 10 s	NE	19 km/h · 39 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 14 °C