Matauri Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.04° S 173.91° E

Issued: 5 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Matauri Bay sea temperature is

16.3° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Matauri Bay at 8AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	176	176	176	176	176	178	178	232	232	225	225	225	225	222	218	205	198	195	192	189	186	145	145
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:29AM1.83m				7:12PM1.95m				7:16AM1.86m				7:54PM1.98m				7:59AM1.89m				8:34PM2.02m
Low Tide	00:23AM0.85m				12:46PM0.70m				1:09AM0.79m				1:29PM0.65m				1:52AM0.72m				2:08PM0.60m


	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	11	12	14	14	14	12	11	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	14	15
Feels °C	8	8	9	11	12	12	9	8	7	7	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12
kJ	176	176	176	176	176	178	178	232	232	225	225	225	225	222	218	205	198	195	192	189	186	145	145
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	N 10	N 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NNE 5	NNE 4	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	12	12	8	3	6	3	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	22	15	6	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 9	NE 12	NE 9	N 9	—	—
kJ	—	—	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	6	3	2	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 2	SW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 3	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	—	N 4	N 5	N 6	N 6
kJ	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	19	23	—	16	71	92	83
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Takou Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Okupe Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland	Whananaki Beach Northland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	6	7	7	7	0	68	65	65	65	68	19	0	0	73	73
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	The Ledge	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Fairway Reef	Fairway Reef	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	Moureeses	The Ledge	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	The Box	Taupo Bay	Takou Bay	Fairway Reef	Ngunguru Bar	Whananaki bar
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stent Road Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Header Global	Dolphin Point South Africa	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Cape St Martin South Africa	Etang-Sale Reunion	Cape St Martin South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Point Roadnight Australia	Balimbing Indonesia	Beach Road South Africa	Cathedral Rock Australia	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	4	8	7	5	4	4	5	4

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