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Motu River surf Forecast / East Cape / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 19 Apr 2024 NZST
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Motu River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motu River sea temperature is 19.1°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.5 °C max: 19.8 °C min: 17.3 °C)
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Motu River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motu River sea temperature is 19.1°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.5 °C max: 19.8 °C min: 17.3 °C)


How big are the waves at Motu River today?

The current surf forecast for Motu River at 4AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s

Table - waves today at Motu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Cape

  1. Light offshore wind and increasing high cloud with clean waves around shoulder to head-high in the middle of the bay at high tide. Mostly breaking too straight but now and then a good shoulder to be had alongside a rip.

    Opoutama Beach, 137 km away
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Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
1
N
1.2
N
1.2
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
NNE
0.2
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.5
NNE
2.2
NNE
3
NNE
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
2.4
N
2
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1
NNE
Period(s) (?)666513131356677777777777712121212121412151214121412131313131313131313125678910101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)36402719323131498911219821017114714712110299824836342423242627371117111628152831313030303029292827315922258413322013186415241137757480380326286190
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
0
SE
5
SSW
5
SE
5
E
10
NE
10
E
15
ENE
10
N
0
SW
5
E
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
N
10
NNE
0
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
0
SSW
5
W
5
W
5
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
0
ENE
0
ENE
5
ESE
5
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrossonglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
1.81
4:33PM
1.76
5:02AM
1.81
5:22PM
1.79
5:44AM
1.83
6:08PM
1.82
6:22AM
1.84
6:52PM
1.85
6:59AM
1.86
7:33PM
1.89
7:38AM
1.86
8:13PM
1.92
8:20AM
1.86
8:51PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56PM
0.75
10:28AM
0.72
10:47PM
0.71
11:17AM
0.68
11:31PM
0.68
12:02PM
0.63
12:13AM
0.65
12:44PM
0.57
12:54AM
0.64
1:22PM
0.53
1:36AM
0.63
1:59PM
0.51
2:18AM
0.62
2:37PM
0.51
3:00AM
0.61
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-------
Sunset------5:35-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:28-------5:27-----
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Rain (mm)
---11168154-1-122-------1------------------------122332-11---
Temp. °C161616151515151517171717171818161515141316181716131212121516161414161615161717151414151616171817171718181919181715121111
Feels °C (?)161716151514141317181818181918151414131216171617111011111515161414161414151616161414141514141616161617182119171511777

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