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Bowentown Bar surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Bowentown Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bowentown Bar sea temperature is
21.9° C
 (Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bowentown Bar today?

The current surf forecast for Bowentown Bar at 7PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1.3
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.4
NE
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)11121212121212111111111111555106788889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3356373737726930303030313290514227468811211094128176
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
15
N
25
NNE
25
N
15
NNW
0
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glassoffoffoffcrossglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
1.49
4:59AM
1.50
5:08PM
1.48
5:49AM
1.53
5:58PM
1.50
6:38AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
0.54
10:33PM
0.41
11:01AM
0.55
11:24PM
0.40
11:55AM
0.53
12:14AM
0.38
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:11-------6:11
Sunset---8:38-------8:38-------8:37----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------122212142--------
Temp. °C212222222120202022212121211918182123242418161616
Feels °C (?)222120192022212021202221212019192122252216151515
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