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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 07 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
21.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Motiti Island - Ernies at 11PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)--
Afternoon (07 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (07 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999888888888879
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1601541271308885816564523836353528333231312914141414
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
30
W
15
SW
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
0
ENE
0
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
1.67
12:20PM
1.71
12:50AM
1.62
1:04PM
1.63
1:37AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.28
6:39PM
0.25
6:56AM
0.37
7:22PM
0.32
7:42AM
0.45
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset-8:22-------8:21-------8:20------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272520191920212527252120191819202120202020192020
Feels °C (?)232117161617192222201922211920202119202121212220
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