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Papamoa Beach Park Surf Photo: 'Only the lonely Sea Tern' by Cheni Wilson

Lat Long: 37.69° S 176.28° E

Issued: 5 am 03 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Papamoa Beach Park sea temperature is

14.9° C

Slightly cooler than normal

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NE	NE	NE	NE	N
	5 s	on	5 s	11 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NE	NE	N
	5 s	on	5 s	11 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	N
	6 s	on	6 s	11 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	ENE	NNE	N	E
	6 s	on	6 s	12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	ENE	NE	NNW
	6 s	on	6 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 15 April at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NNE	E
	8 s	on	8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NNE
	8 s	on	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NNE
	9 s	on	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	N	NE	NNE
	10 s	on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NNE
	10 s	on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NNE
	10 s	on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NNE
	10 s	on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NE
	10 s	on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 16 April at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NE
	10 s	on	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NE	NE
	9 s	on	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NNE	NNW		NNE
	9 s	cross		9 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	NE	NW		NNE
	9 s	cross		9 s

Open ocean wave model on 17 April at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Papamoa Beach Park around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 58 minutes before high water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.5m (4.9 ft). Range 2.07m (6.8 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Papamoa Beach Park Surf Photo: 'Only the lonely Sea Tern' by Cheni Wilson

Not a single body braved the chundering conditions this morning at Papamoa City Beach

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User: Cheni Wilson (5 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:28 am 16 Apr 2013