Ōhawe Beach

Taranaki, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 10:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Overhead (2.1 m) at 12 s, heading toward ENE, with strong cross-onshore wind toward NE.

Swell

2.1 m

ENE

12 s

Wind

38 km/h

NE

Cross-onshore

Tide

1.3 m

Rising

Weather

13 °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

1.6 m · 12 s

ENE

44 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 AM

Fair

1.6 m · 12 s

ENE

41 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 11 s

ENE

41 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

ESE

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

3 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 11 s

ENE

43 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

4 AM

Good

1.3 m · 12 s

ENE

50 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

5 AM

Good

1 m · 14 s

ENE

51 km/h · 88 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

6 AM

Fair

0.8 m · 15 s

ENE

48 km/h · 85 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

7 AM

Good

1.1 m · 15 s

ENE

45 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.8 m

Clear · 11 °C

8 AM

Good

1.5 m · 13 s

ENE

44 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 12 °C

9 AM

Good

1.8 m · 12 s

ENE

41 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

10 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 12 s

ENE

38 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

11 AM

Fair

2.4 m · 11 s

ENE

40 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

12 PM

Fair

2.7 m · 11 s

ENE

42 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 PM

Fair

2.9 m · 11 s

ENE

45 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 PM

Fair

3 m · 11 s

ENE

46 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

3 PM

Fair

3.2 m · 11 s

ENE

43 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.1 m

Clear · 13 °C

4 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 11 s

ENE

40 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.2 m

Clear · 13 °C

5 PM

Fair

3.5 m · 10 s

ENE

33 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.1 m

Clear · 13 °C

6 PM

Poor

3.7 m · 10 s

ENE

31 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Clear · 12 °C

7 PM

Poor

3.7 m · 10 s

ENE

25 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.8 m

Clear · 12 °C

8 PM

Poor

3.7 m · 10 s

ENE

21 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.6 m

Clear · 12 °C

9 PM

Fair

3.7 m · 10 s

ENE

7 km/h · 33 km/h gusts

N

Onshore

1.3 m

Partly cloudy · 10 °C

10 PM

Good

3.5 m · 10 s

ENE

3 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

SW

Offshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 10 °C

11 PM

Good

3.4 m · 10 s

ENE

6 km/h · 10 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 9 °C

Nearby spots

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