Matauri Bay Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (35.04° S 173.91° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Matauri Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 30 Aug 2025 NZST

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

Today's Matauri Bay sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Matauri Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Matauri Bay at 8AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (30 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tue 02
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NW	NW	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	143	143	116	115	115	86	86	83	60	53	34	33	23	23	23	10	0	0	10	10	11	11	11	11
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:17PM 1.96				12:29AM 1.95				12:59PM 1.90				1:11AM 1.90				1:48PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		6:00AM 0.68					6:17PM 0.80				6:41AM 0.75				7:01PM 0.87				7:26AM 0.82				7:51PM 0.92

	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tue 02
Sunrise	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	14	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	12	12	13	12	14	16	16	14	13	12
Feels °C (?)	9	8	10	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	6	6	7	7	4	4	7	7	9	11	11	11	10	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Matauri Bay (light winds from the NNW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station 25 km from Matauri Bay). A 0.9m swell from the ENE
1 hour 27 minutes ago Matauri Bay

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25 km away, 1 h 27 min ago

9 km/h

NNW

0.0

15.7

Air / Water (°C)

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