Papatea Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.66° S 177.85° E

Issued: 6 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Papatea Bay sea temperature is

16.2°C

Papatea Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Papatea Bay today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Papatea Bay at 1PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s

Table - waves today at Papatea Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4							Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	N 5	N 6	N 6
Wave Graph
kJ	105	115	111	108	105	105	96	127	229	249	249	222	215	147	112	82	91	77	91	79	77	117	59	78	88	89
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	E	E	E	ESE	NE	N	NW	W	W	SW	WSW	SW	NW	NW	NW	N	N	N	SSE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	on	glassy	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off
High Tide	2:44AM1.57m				3:14PM1.69m				3:48AM1.55m					4:13PM1.66m				4:49AM1.57m				5:08PM1.65m				5:44AM1.60m
Low Tide			8:52AM0.26m				9:35PM0.25m				9:55AM0.30m					10:34PM0.24m				10:55AM0.32m				11:29PM0.22m


	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:46	—	—	—	7:47
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	9	2
Temp °C	14	15	18	18	18	16	15	16	16	16	18	19	20	18	16	16	17	17	19	20	20	18	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	13	14	17	16	17	15	14	16	16	16	19	19	20	20	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	20	20	19	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNW 11	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	N 6
kJ	105	115	111	108	105	105	96	25	229	249	249	222	215	147	112	82	91	77	91	79	77	117	59	51	44	89
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	E 13	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 15	ENE 7
kJ	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	3	12	12	12	12	12	48	45	47	57	59	43	41	41	25	50	48	44	47
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 10	E 9	E 9	N 20	E 13	E 12	E 13	N 18	N 18	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 10	NNW 10	N 12	NNW 10	NNW 15
kJ	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	8	3	3	3	6	25	12	12	11	11	52	51	25	25	10	10	3	10	21
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 6	N 5	N 6	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	127	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	78	88	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Opoutama Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Surf Club Gisborne and Mahia	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Sponge bay Gisborne and Mahia	Papatea Bay East Cape	Motu River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	57	157	157	114	0	0	0	0	0	57	118	0	31	0	0	0	57	113	76	40	0	84	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Loisell's	Loisell's	Waiapu River				Waiapu River	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Waiapu River	Waiapu River		Tokomaru Bay	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's		Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1	2	2	2	2	2		2	2	1	1	1	1		2	2	2	2	2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Stent Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Matauri Bay Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	8	8	6	7	5

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