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Motu River Surf Forecast
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Motu River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Motu River today?
The current surf forecast for Motu River at 6PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 May) | 11ft (3.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (01 May) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
| Evening (01 May) | 8ft (2.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Motu River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 01 | Friday 02 | Saturday 03 | Sunday 04 | Monday 05 | Tuesday 06 | Wednesday 07 | Thursday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
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| Energy (?) | 1811 | 1620 | 1404 | 1047 | 792 | 560 | 318 | 194 | 121 | 104 | 88 | 61 | 61 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 72 | 115 | 157 | 166 | 212 | 257 | 348 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | glass | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:28AM 2.17 | 9:57PM 2.22 | 10:18AM 2.14 | 10:52PM 2.16 | 11:08AM 2.08 | 11:48PM 2.09 | 11:59AM 1.99 | 12:43AM 2.03 | 12:56PM 1.90 | 1:38AM 1.96 | 1:58PM 1.83 | 2:33AM 1.91 | 2:58PM 1.80 | 3:28AM 1.87 | 3:55PM 1.80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:39PM 0.40 | 4:10AM 0.55 | 4:30PM 0.44 | 5:03AM 0.62 | 5:21PM 0.51 | 6:00AM 0.68 | 6:13PM 0.60 | 6:59AM 0.71 | 7:09PM 0.68 | 7:58AM 0.70 | 8:09PM 0.73 | 8:52AM 0.69 | 9:10PM 0.74 | 9:45AM 0.68 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 01 | Friday 02 | Saturday 03 | Sunday 04 | Monday 05 | Tuesday 06 | Wednesday 07 | Thursday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:15 | - |
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Rain (mm) | 12 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
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