Surf-Forecast | Mikotai Surf Guide

Lat Long: 39.05° S 174.03° E

Issued: 12 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Mikotai sea temperature is

14.7°C

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

Mikotai Surf Guide

Mikotai in Taranaki is a quite exposed beach and reef break that has inconsistent surf. Autumn and winter are the best times of year for waves. Offshore winds are from the east with some shelter here from southeast winds. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. There is no beach break as well as left and right hand reef breaks. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Beware of urchins, rips, rocks and sharks.

Mikotai Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef	3	inconsistent	14.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Mikotai:

The best conditions reported for surf at Mikotai occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Mikotai Location Map

Interactive Mikotai surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Mikotai Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 16:42 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 03			Wed
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	W	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	off

Tides at Mikotai

Current tide and informaton

For Port Taranaki, New Zealand, 1 km from Mikotai.

Next High Water: 05:52pm | 2.97m

Next Low Water: 12:11am | 0.93m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Mikotai Sea Temperature

The water temperature (14.7 °C) at Mikotai is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (15.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 14.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite