Mount Maunganui Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s break this one down for the Mount.

It’s a pretty flat outlook, mate. The swell is tiny and the conditions are mostly ordinary, so we’re looking at a long dry spell before anything even worth paddling out for shows up.

The first few days are a write-off really. Friday the 11th kicks off with a knee-high 1ft NE swell sneaking in under a light S offshore. Water temp is sitting at 59°F – pretty normal for this time of year. The combined wave energy is 106 (moderate) but the surf is just too weak to get excited about. Friday afternoon gets worse. Saturday through the following week is all small stuff, 1ft to 1ft, and the wind is either cross-off or cross-on, never really glassy. The energy drops right down into the 20s and 30s – just not enough push to form a proper wave.

We finally see a tiny pulse on Friday the 18th morning, a 2ft N windswell with a short period of 6 seconds. The energy is only 44, so weak, but the morning is clean with a SW cross-off. By the afternoon it goes glassy with a light ENE – pretty, but the swell is too small and disorganised for a proper session. That theme continues over the weekend.

The first real glimmer of hope comes on Monday the 22nd. The morning has a 2ft NE swell, period up to 9 seconds, combined energy of 62 (still weak) and a light WSW cross-off breeze making it clean. Conditions are “surfable but very ordinary” – it’s not going to blow you away, but if you’re desperate, there might be a few little runners on the inside for the beginners. The wind stays cross-off through the day, but the swell is just too marginal.

After that, it’s back to small and poor right through to the 26th. The best call in the whole 16-day window is probably the Tuesday the 22nd morning at Mount Maunganui. It's a beginner-friendly spot, fairly exposed to the NNE swell, and with that light cross-off wind, it’ll be clean. The swell is tiny (2ft) but direction is okay for the break. Don’t expect any power or length – the period is only 9 seconds, so it’s a bit weak. Crowds can be a thing there sometimes, but with these conditions it’ll be very quiet.

Otherwise, I gotta be honest – this is a long gap with hardly any proper surf. It’s the sort of stretch where you check the buoy, see nothing, and go back to bed. The forecasts can change though, but right now, it’s flat and frustrating.

Rusty.

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