Mautohe Cathedral Cove

Waikato, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.3 m) at 7 s, heading toward W, with strong offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.3 m

W

7 s

Wind

32 km/h

ENE

Offshore

Tide

0.6 m

Falling

Weather

13 °C

Light drizzle

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

Fair

0.2 m · 10 s

WNW

20 km/h · 39 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 AM

Fair

0.2 m · 10 s

WNW

20 km/h · 40 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 AM

Fair

0.3 m · 9 s

WNW

23 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.5 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

WNW

27 km/h · 50 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.3 m

Overcast · 13 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 8 s

W

28 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1 m

Overcast · 13 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

W

31 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

0.8 m

Overcast · 14 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

W

32 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.6 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 6 s

SW

31 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 13 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

S

30 km/h · 59 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 14 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

SE

34 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 14 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 5 s

S

37 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 15 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 6 s

SW

38 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 15 °C

12 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

W

39 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.6 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

1 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

W

39 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.6 m

Partly cloudy · 16 °C

2 PM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

W

37 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.6 m

Partly cloudy · 16 °C

3 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 7 s

W

34 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.4 m

Partly cloudy · 15 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 7 s

W

30 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.2 m

Partly cloudy · 14 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 6 s

W

22 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.9 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 6 s

W

18 km/h · 43 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 7 s

W

16 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.6 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.2 m · 8 s

W

14 km/h · 31 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 11 °C

9 PM

Fair

0.2 m · 9 s

W

12 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

0.8 m

Clear · 11 °C

10 PM

Fair

0.2 m · 9 s

W

10 km/h · 23 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 10 °C

11 PM

Fair

0.2 m · 9 s

W

9 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 10 °C

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