Opunake Beach

Ōpunake, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 8:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Overhead (1.8 m) at 13 s, heading toward ENE, with strong onshore wind toward NE.

Swell

1.8 m

ENE

13 s

Wind

43 km/h

NE

Onshore

Tide

1.5 m

Falling

Weather

12 °C

Clear

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

2.2 m · 12 s

ENE

39 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

ESE

Onshore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 12 s

ENE

36 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

ESE

Onshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 AM

Fair

2 m · 12 s

ENE

38 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

ESE

Onshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

3 AM

Good

1.9 m · 12 s

ENE

44 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2.5 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

4 AM

Good

1.6 m · 13 s

ENE

50 km/h · 82 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

5 AM

Good

1.4 m · 14 s

ENE

47 km/h · 87 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

6 AM

Good

1.1 m · 14 s

ENE

46 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

7 AM

Good

1.4 m · 14 s

ENE

44 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 12 °C

8 AM

Good

1.8 m · 13 s

ENE

43 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 12 °C

9 AM

Fair

2.2 m · 12 s

ENE

43 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 12 °C

10 AM

Fair

2.5 m · 11 s

ENE

41 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

11 AM

Fair

2.8 m · 11 s

ENE

41 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.2 m

Drizzle · 13 °C

12 PM

Fair

3.1 m · 11 s

ENE

41 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 PM

Fair

3 m · 12 s

ENE

44 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 13 °C

2 PM

Good

2.9 m · 12 s

ENE

46 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

2 m

Clear · 13 °C

3 PM

Good

2.8 m · 13 s

ENE

44 km/h · 75 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.2 m

Clear · 13 °C

4 PM

Good

3.1 m · 12 s

ENE

40 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

5 PM

Fair

3.5 m · 11 s

ENE

37 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

6 PM

Poor

3.9 m · 11 s

ENE

33 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

2.1 m

Clear · 12 °C

7 PM

Poor

4.1 m · 10 s

ENE

32 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.9 m

Clear · 12 °C

8 PM

Poor

4.3 m · 10 s

ENE

26 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.6 m

Clear · 12 °C

9 PM

Poor

4.6 m · 10 s

ENE

19 km/h · 41 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.4 m

Clear · 12 °C

10 PM

Poor

4.5 m · 10 s

ENE

20 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

NNE

Onshore

1.2 m

Clear · 12 °C

11 PM

Poor

4.4 m · 10 s

ENE

15 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

NE

Onshore

1.2 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

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