Motu River surf break

Motu River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 06 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Motu River today?

The current surf forecast for Motu River at 6PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (06 Jul)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (06 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NE
0.5
NNW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
NNW
0.8
N
1.2
N
1.2
NNW
1.7
N
2.3
NNW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
4
N
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)888989999999999999991414141414131414141413131313121212556677889109999999988877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1621119779634337252626251715232429232838293227262525253639393634343334333335274611415426855686213742505196614841364138714011323134513811190868593484425348
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WNW
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
W
0
WSW
5
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
35
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglassglassoffglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
1.82
3:35AM
1.84
4:28PM
1.85
4:25AM
1.83
5:22PM
1.89
5:18AM
1.85
6:11PM
1.93
6:09AM
1.89
6:55PM
1.98
6:57AM
1.94
7:36PM
2.01
7:41AM
1.98
8:17PM
2.04
8:23AM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.72
9:38PM
0.85
10:04AM
0.73
10:30PM
0.87
10:55AM
0.73
11:20PM
0.85
11:43AM
0.71
12:08AM
0.81
12:28PM
0.67
12:54AM
0.76
1:12PM
0.62
1:40AM
0.70
1:54PM
0.56
2:25AM
0.65
2:37PM
0.50
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Sunrise7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:22-------7:22---
Sunset--5:02-------5:02-------5:04-------5:05-------5:05-------5:06-------5:06-------5:07-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121413111010999121210889911131312101099101212101010111112141414141414151617171616161515141414131313131313131211
Feels °C (?)9119766566109755779111111776781010888991113141413131314141512131214141211109777788866
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