- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Maketu Bar Surf Forecast
/ Bay of Plenty (18 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Maketu Bar surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 Mar 2026 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Maketu Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Maketu Bar sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Maketu Bar today?
The current surf forecast for Maketu Bar at 2AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (22 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 13s |
| Evening (22 Mar) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Maketu Bar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 36 | 36 | 35 | 59 | 33 | 32 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 29 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 66 | 36 | 66 | 67 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 57 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | on | glass | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:38PM 1.85 | 9:56AM 1.89 | 10:26PM 1.88 | 10:43AM 1.87 | 11:15PM 1.88 | 11:33AM 1.83 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:52AM 0.11 | 4:17PM 0.01 | 4:40AM 0.11 | 5:04PM 0.02 | 5:31AM 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:18 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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 Maketu Bar 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