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Matauri Bay surf break

Matauri Bay surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 12 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
21.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Matauri Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Matauri Bay at 12PM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (12 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
1.2
E
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)16161667777777777771313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271251251022122862974052942562081321051101111078483504746464545
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:17AM
1.83
4:15PM
1.82
5:17AM
1.83
5:14PM
1.79
6:14AM
1.86
6:15PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.96
10:40PM
0.86
11:14AM
0.96
11:38PM
0.84
12:11PM
0.92
12:36AM
0.79
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:21-------8:20--
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--21-123225224242------
Temp. °C202022222122212121222221222122212120222423201717
Feels °C (?)191920212021202123252321232325232420212320161314
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