Paihia Beach

Paihia, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Fair

Ankle-high (0.5 m) at 5 s, heading toward SE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.5 m

SE

5 s

Wind

22 km/h

ENE

Cross-offshore

Tide

0.8 m

Falling

Weather

15 °C

Mostly clear

16 °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 · 5 s

SE

22 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.7 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.4 m · 5 s

SE

22 km/h · 46 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.4 m · 5 s

SE

21 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

3 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

21 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.5 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

4 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

22 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 15 °C

5 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

22 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 15 °C

6 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

22 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

7 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

24 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.6 m

Partly cloudy · 15 °C

8 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

20 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

9 AM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

24 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 16 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

26 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 17 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

29 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 17 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

SE

30 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Partly cloudy · 18 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 5 s

SE

27 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.7 m

Partly cloudy · 17 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 5 s

SE

27 km/h · 57 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.7 m

Overcast · 17 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 5 s

SE

26 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.7 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.4 m · 5 s

SE

24 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Overcast · 16 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

SE

20 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Overcast · 15 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

SE

17 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

SE

15 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

SE

14 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

SE

14 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 13 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 5 s

SE

10 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 13 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 5 s

SE

9 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 12 °C

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