Matata surf break

Matata surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 NZST
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Matata surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Matata sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matata today?

The current surf forecast for Matata at 10AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
NE
1.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
NE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
Period(s) (?)99999966971010777788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96106154148194253148124123180148168282295323158381425587721838889862936
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
1.72
9:16PM
1.74
9:29AM
1.68
9:57PM
1.71
10:09AM
1.63
10:38PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
0.26
3:04PM
0.19
3:28AM
0.30
3:44PM
0.23
4:09AM
0.34
4:24PM
0.28
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:30-------6:30-------6:31-----
Sunset-----6:00------5:59-------5:58---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------111223
Temp. °C141416181918171514141619191817151515161818181818
Feels °C (?)121215161716151312121417151514131312121514151516
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