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Motiti Island - Ernies surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Motiti Island - Ernies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motiti Island - Ernies sea temperature is
21.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Motiti Island - Ernies today?

The current surf forecast for Motiti Island - Ernies at 11PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (12 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Motiti Island - Ernies. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1
ENE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)131313121256666613131112121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3332322929511351671351186555562526563737286934303023
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
10
S
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
NE
10
N
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NW
0
S
5
E
5
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
1.51
3:23PM
1.52
4:05AM
1.49
4:14PM
1.49
4:57AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
0.36
9:13AM
0.50
9:41PM
0.39
10:06AM
0.54
10:31PM
0.41
11:00AM
0.55
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242319171718192020202019171719202222222019202222
Feels °C (?)211815161617171819202019171720202121212021222321
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