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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 2AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
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 (?)
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)101088899999999999910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)325456568088111111113151168165161188212242287370452574650692810804
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55PM
1.75
9:09AM
1.75
9:37PM
1.76
9:50AM
1.72
10:17PM
1.74
10:30AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
0.17
3:06AM
0.25
3:26PM
0.17
3:47AM
0.27
4:05PM
0.19
4:29AM
0.30
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:28-------7:30-------7:31-
Sunset-7:06-------7:04-------7:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C161616161515151617171717171717171818181816161618
Feels °C (?)141516161414141516161717151515141515141413121213
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