Karewa Beach

Waikato, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Chest-high (1.5 m) at 12 s, heading toward ENE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward NE.

Swell

1.5 m

ENE

12 s

Wind

44 km/h

NE

Cross-offshore

Tide

1.9 m

Falling

Weather

12 °C

Light drizzle

14 °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

2 m · 8 s

ENE

29 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.9 m

Overcast · 14 °C

1 AM

Fair

2 m · 8 s

ENE

33 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 AM

Fair

1.9 m · 8 s

ENE

35 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

3 AM

Fair

1.9 m · 9 s

ENE

35 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.7 m · 10 s

ENE

35 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

5 AM

Fair

1.6 m · 12 s

ENE

42 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2.2 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

6 AM

Good

1.5 m · 12 s

ENE

44 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

7 AM

Good

1.6 m · 12 s

ENE

40 km/h · 81 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.6 m

Clear · 13 °C

8 AM

Fair

1.7 m · 11 s

ENE

40 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

9 AM

Fair

1.9 m · 10 s

ENE

42 km/h · 83 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

10 AM

Fair

2 m · 10 s

ENE

43 km/h · 85 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

11 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 11 s

ENE

43 km/h · 85 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.3 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

12 PM

Fair

2.3 m · 11 s

ENE

42 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

1 PM

Fair

2.3 m · 11 s

ENE

41 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

2 PM

Fair

2.4 m · 11 s

ENE

43 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

3 PM

Fair

2.4 m · 11 s

ENE

42 km/h · 84 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

4 PM

Fair

2.7 m · 11 s

ENE

44 km/h · 87 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

5 PM

Fair

2.9 m · 11 s

ENE

39 km/h · 88 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

2.2 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

6 PM

Fair

3.1 m · 10 s

ENE

36 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

2 m

Clear · 13 °C

7 PM

Fair

3.2 m · 10 s

ENE

32 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Clear · 13 °C

8 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 10 s

ENE

30 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

NE

Cross-shore

1.5 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

9 PM

Fair

3.4 m · 10 s

ENE

25 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1.2 m

Clear · 12 °C

10 PM

Fair

3.4 m · 10 s

ENE

19 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 12 °C

11 PM

Fair

3.4 m · 10 s

ENE

17 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

NNE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 11 °C

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