Blowhole surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 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 3AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.4
N
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
N
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)91699991599888131211111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8383811205151717873696955205200209233228224216177170163163133
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
5
NW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
1.74
10:49AM
1.84
11:11PM
1.72
11:36AM
1.78
11:57PM
1.69
12:23PM
1.72
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
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:35----
Sunset-------8:23-------8:22-------8:22
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191615141820212119161616192125221815141520252825
Feels °C (?)171413131818191920161616171721181514131418222421
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