Matauri Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.04° S 173.91° E

Issued: 11 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Matauri Bay sea temperature is

16.7° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Matauri Bay today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Matauri Bay at 7PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 12					Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wed 15
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 6	N 6	ESE 9	NNE 5	ESE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	144	144	68	66	48	48	47	79	59	39	49	50	32	31	31	17	11	19	19	39	30	17	9	10
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off
High Tide				5:41PM2.12m				5:56AM2.08m					6:42PM2.20m				6:59AM2.12m				7:41PM2.27m
Low Tide		11:07AM0.48m				11:43PM0.63m					12:09PM0.41m				00:44AM0.55m				1:09PM0.34m				1:43AM0.48m


	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30
	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	5:30
mm	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Feels °C	8	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	NE 12	ESE 9	E 5	E 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 6	N 6	N 5	NNE 5	N 6
kJ	144	6	68	17	17	48	47	79	59	39	49	50	32	31	31	17	7	19	19	39	30	13	8	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 5	E 5	NE 12	NE 12	ESE 11	NE 12	—	NE 4	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	ESE 10	NE 11	NE 11	ESE 10	ESE 9	NW 6	NW 6	ESE 10
kJ	2	2	2	66	48	12	11	6	6	24	5	—	1	5	5	5	11	5	5	18	17	9	9	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 10	N 11	NE 10	N 11	NE 10	N 11	NE 9	NE 12	N 9	NE 12	NE 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	NE 11	N 10	N 10	NE 11	NE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	NNE 10
kJ	—	—	2	2	4	2	4	2	3	5	2	5	5	2	2	2	5	2	2	4	4	17	9	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 9	E 5	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 3	N 3	N 3	NNW 3	N 3	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	144	24	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	3	3	6	15	24	39	59	69	53	70	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Hicks Bay East Cape	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Waipu River Northland	Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	4
Distance (km)	9	9	72	68	68	68	43	0	43	131	484	86	86	108	108	108	108	118	52	6	6	68	68	68
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	The Ledge	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes	The Box	The Box	Elliot Bay	Matauri Bay	Elliot Bay	Mangawhai Heads		Ngunguru Bar	Ngunguru Bar	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Baylys Beach	Waipu River	Forestry	Takou Bay	The Ledge	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks	Scott Point	Scott Point
Rating (10 max)	1	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Whale Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Whatipu Auckland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	1	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	6
Header Global	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Etang-Sale Reunion	Boneyards South Africa	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	El Gringo Chile	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Benkunqut Indonesia	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Bells Beach - Bowl Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Bancoora Australia	Buchupureo Chile	Lebu Chile	Lebu Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Bancoora Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Cathedral Rock Australia	Fox River New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	9	8	6	9	9	5	6

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