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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.4° 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 1PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
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 (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)8888811111110111111111111444410101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9294828261588279757979815742394333292217171677
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
1.89
9:59PM
1.96
10:18AM
1.84
10:53PM
1.92
11:14AM
1.77
11:50PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23AM
0.10
3:44PM
-0.01
4:17AM
0.13
4:37PM
0.04
5:12AM
0.17
5:32PM
0.11
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset----5:39-------5:37-------5:37---
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C131414141414121212131214151312111010101415131211
Feels °C (?)11131211997667578665555109887
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Motiti Island - Ernies surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest