Mikotai Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Taranaki, New Zealand)

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Mikotai Surf Guide

Mikotai in Taranaki is a fairly exposed beach and reef break that has inconsistent surf. Autumn and winter are the optimum times of year for waves. The best wind direction is 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. No beach break here and in addition there are both left and right reef breaks. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Watch out for urchins, rips, rocks and sharks.

Mikotai Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach and reef	3	inconsistent	17.4°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.

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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, 5 May 2026, 12:59 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 05
ft, °F	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Wave (m)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass

Tides at Mikotai

Current tide and informaton

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

Next High Water: 12:20pm | 2.97m

Next Low Water: 05:56pm | 0.72m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Mikotai Sea Temperature

The water temperature (17.4 °C) at Mikotai is relatively warm. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a summer wetsuit. Effective air temperature of 14.0 °C.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 17.4°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite