Matata surf break

Matata surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 08 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
19.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Matata today?

The current surf forecast for Matata at 12AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (09 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.2
NNE
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.6
N
1.7
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
1.8
N
2.1
NNE
2.1
NNE
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.7
NNE
2
NNE
2.3
NNE
3
NNE
3.5
NNE
4
NNE
Period(s) (?)88871615151515151516161515141413131312131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)788730736526577776979112912581410145316722107190013901191990933102612971640251939785353
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
10
N
5
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
1.61
11:34AM
1.51
12:07AM
1.56
12:21PM
1.45
12:56AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
0.34
5:35AM
0.45
5:50PM
0.39
6:22AM
0.50
6:37PM
0.43
7:12AM
0.53
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:35-
Sunset5:55-------5:54-------5:52-------
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3675331221111-----------
Temp. °C192019191919191919191818181818212018181717181921
Feels °C (?)171818181821211919201919192019212019181614141619
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