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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 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
21.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree at 3PM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Jan)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)16ft (5.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ENE
4
ENE
4
ENE
4.5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
4.5
NE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
N
1.8
N
1.6
NNW
1.5
N
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.7
NNW
1.5
NW
1.2
NNW
1.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)99991010101010101010101010101010111010568
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)182422652667312948804737344119801886815747761640523450386349385595265104117113216
Wind
(km/h)
45
E
50
E
50
E
55
E
60
E
45
ENE
25
N
10
N
20
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
1.76
9:41PM
1.63
10:08AM
1.78
10:24PM
1.64
10:48AM
1.80
11:08PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
0.30
3:55AM
0.21
4:28PM
0.26
4:36AM
0.21
5:10PM
0.23
5:19AM
0.22
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:16-------6:18
Sunset---8:35-------8:34-------8:34----
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
5812152527144----------------
Temp. °C181818181921222222232323212020202021232119181716
Feels °C (?)121111101116222423212020191818181717211715131210
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