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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
21.9° 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 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)99891010999999999999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1551327211812898646444444949474847464645444341282222
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
1.80
9:17PM
1.70
9:39AM
1.84
10:02PM
1.75
10:21AM
1.86
10:47PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.20
3:18PM
0.21
3:30AM
0.17
4:00PM
0.15
4:14AM
0.16
4:43PM
0.11
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:47-------6:48-------6:48------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:07-------8:05--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151619222321201919161822232118161413151718191816
Feels °C (?)1313151717171717171315171716131099131616161514
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