Matata surf break

Matata surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matata today?

The current surf forecast for Matata at 8AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.2
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)55555512855165558888888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10101312910117710201077282941434444648486115
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
0
ESE
0
SE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25PM
1.69
7:44AM
1.76
8:11PM
1.72
8:27AM
1.76
8:54PM
1.75
9:08AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.26
2:02PM
0.19
2:21AM
0.25
2:44PM
0.17
3:05AM
0.25
3:25PM
0.17
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----7:26-------7:26-------7:28---
Sunset-------7:06-------7:04-------7:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151312111317181615151312141717161515151515181817
Feels °C (?)1311981115151414141211131616151515151515171617
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