Bowentown Bar surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.3°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 3AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNW
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.7
N
1.7
N
1.9
N
Period(s) (?)121111111166101061514141413131312121212666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1110999111398444443333333197211272
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:41-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset------5:47-------5:46-------5:45-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C161515151617171514131314151820181515141516191918
Feels °C (?)1212111111111099101012131518161314131414141413
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