Surf Forecast Surf Report

Bowentown Bar surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 30 Apr 2025 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
19.4° 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 6AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (01 May)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (01 May)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
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
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
NE
2.2
NE
1.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.1
NNW
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
E
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.3
ENE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
ENE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)10999810101011111110101010111110101010999999998884551010101010810105101099999595556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)102882259143454733129829128528022215514911611688901211168581765554323231302918181728331917161616106159599141414141361313254975116132128
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
35
WNW
40
W
35
WSW
25
W
30
W
25
W
15
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
10
NE
5
N
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
N
20
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
2.03
9:12AM
1.92
9:47PM
1.99
10:06AM
1.85
10:41PM
1.93
11:02AM
1.76
11:37PM
1.85
11:59AM
1.66
12:34AM
1.76
12:59PM
1.58
1:31AM
1.68
1:59PM
1.52
2:28AM
1.63
2:59PM
1.49
3:22AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
0.06
3:31PM
-0.05
4:05AM
0.11
4:24PM
0.03
5:00AM
0.17
5:18PM
0.12
5:56AM
0.25
6:13PM
0.22
6:53AM
0.32
7:09PM
0.31
7:51AM
0.36
8:06PM
0.38
8:48AM
0.39
9:02PM
0.43
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------
Sunset------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-----
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Rain (mm)
1--34----------------------------------------------------121
Temp. °C181918171716151615151311111516151213121112151615121211121316181613111110101112131312111010121314141412121314141516171717
Feels °C (?)181815121110101010121189131312897681211119109910131510879899101212111099111214131311111213131415151515
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