Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree Surf Forecast

/ Bay of Plenty (18 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (37.62° S 176.44° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT

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Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree sea temperature is 16.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree today?

The current surf forecast for Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree at 7PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (22 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (22 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

Table - waves today at Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	62	64	64	33	43	49	33	39	71	248	237	225	387	308	181	121	92	92	71	53	39	38	39	39
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 1.67				8:44AM 1.71				8:55PM 1.67				9:23AM 1.72				9:34PM 1.65					10:02AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)					2:31AM 0.22				2:54PM 0.32				3:10AM 0.22				3:35PM 0.33				3:49AM 0.24

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	16	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	17	16	15	16	18	19	17	13	11	10	9	13	17
Feels °C (?)	16	15	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	14	15	13	9	7	6	5	8	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bay of Plenty

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree (light winds from the W at Tauranga Airport 21 km from Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree). 0.5m 13s groundswell from the N with a 0.1m 10s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree

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21 km away, 1 h 21 min ago

17 km/h

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16.2

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