Matata surf break

Matata surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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
20.6° 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 4AM is: 0.2m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)816165558888889889999910999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7202066728303032464849627010199115115144181170194194
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
SW
10
S
10
S
5
SE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
0
NNE
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
onglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
1.72
8:27AM
1.76
8:54PM
1.75
9:08AM
1.75
9:36PM
1.76
9:49AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
0.25
2:44PM
0.17
3:05AM
0.25
3:25PM
0.17
3:47AM
0.26
4:04PM
0.19
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----7:26-------7:28-------7:28---
Sunset-------7:04-------7:02-------7:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------1-1
Temp. °C151412121417171615151514151818171615151617181918
Feels °C (?)141310101315161515151514151717171715151616161716
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