Blowhole surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Blowhole surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blowhole sea temperature is
22.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Blowhole today?

The current surf forecast for Blowhole at 10AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (05 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)9999151598881312111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)811205151717088444455205200209233268263249204167163160130130110
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
5
NNW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
1.84
11:11PM
1.72
11:36AM
1.78
11:57PM
1.69
12:23PM
1.72
12:44AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.15
5:02PM
0.15
5:14AM
0.17
5:48PM
0.15
5:59AM
0.21
6:32PM
0.17
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:31-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:22-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151418202121191616161921252218151414192528252018
Feels °C (?)131318181919201616161717211716131213172324221817
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