Matata Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.89° S 176.76° E

Matata 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Matata sea temperature is
17.6°C
1.2° 

Matata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Matata today (10 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Matata at 10PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)--
Afternoon (10 Nov)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (10 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s

Table - waves today at Matata. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
NNE
6
1.5
NNE
6
1.7
N
6
1.7
N
7
1.8
N
7
1.8
N
7
1.8
N
7
1.7
N
7
1.7
N
7
1.8
N
7
1.8
N
7
1.7
NNE
7
1.3
N
7
1.2
N
7
0.9
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
1
NE
8
1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.2
NNE
8
0.7
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
172
176
247
262
297
321
315
274
286
348
358
302
183
152
104
99
111
126
145
212
166
57
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
5
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
8:19PM1.68m
8:49AM1.76m
9:00PM1.67m
9:30AM1.76m
9:42PM1.64m
Low Tide
2:33AM0.20m
3:01PM0.31m
3:14AM0.21m
3:43PM0.33m
3:56AM0.24m
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
17
16
17
17
16
16
18
19
18
16
15
14
14
16
18
20
20
16
13
12
12
Feels °C
16
15
13
15
14
13
14
16
18
16
14
15
13
14
15
16
17
17
14
11
10
11
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