Papatea Bay Webcam and Surf Cam

Lat Long: 37.66° S 177.85° E

Issued: 11 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Papatea Bay sea temperature is

15.1°C

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

We link you straight to cams owned by locals — we never install our own cameras and crowd out the lineup.

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More Cams (<62 mi away)

Ohope Surf Cam (Ohiwa-Port Ohope)

45 mi away

Whakatane Coastguard (Whakatane Heads)

50 mi away

This is the best Papatea Bay webcam that we have found on the web. The Papatea Bay surf cam and those surfcams nearby are not operated by surf-forecast.com, so please contact us if you find the Papatea Bay surf cam is dead or frequently offline. Also, if you know of a better beach camera that points at a surf spot in the region, let us know. Webcams for Papatea Bay and elsewhere along the East Cape coast are useful as indicators for general surf conditions that affect other surf breaks in the region.