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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 07 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
15.0° 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 10AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 07). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s 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 (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (07 Sep)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (07 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
1.1
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)88999988888888888881010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)491762272872381931541251001009074705355646049446096999799
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
15
NNW
25
NW
25
W
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
1.61
6:16PM
1.77
6:37AM
1.69
7:02PM
1.85
7:26AM
1.78
7:48PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
0.24
12:34AM
0.24
12:49PM
0.17
1:22AM
0.14
1:38PM
0.11
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wed
10
Sunrise--6:26-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:58-------5:59---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C981114151311109810121312119878111312119
Feels °C (?)235787655346876544677775
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Motiti Island - Ernies (light winds from the W at Tauranga Airport 19 km from Motiti Island - Ernies). No surfable waves

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19 km away, 39 min ago

17 km/h
W
0.0
15.0
Air / Water (°C)
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