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Motu River surf break

Motu River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Motu River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motu River sea temperature is
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Motu River today?

The current surf forecast for Motu River at 2PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

Table - waves today at Motu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
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)
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
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
0.6
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)1514141214111111111010101010101010991355139
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1091069891968210912192736868674746464535335734343330
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
S
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
5
NNW
10
E
10
SE
5
S
5
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
ENE
15
E
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
2.08
11:24PM
1.99
11:50AM
2.02
12:11AM
1.94
12:34PM
1.98
12:58AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
0.47
5:23PM
0.45
5:34AM
0.51
6:07PM
0.47
6:17AM
0.56
6:50PM
0.52
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:16-------8:15--
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171820212322191918172123242421201817212425232019
Feels °C (?)171919202223191919172022242522201717202325222019
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