Surf Forecasts:
Te Ikaamaru Bay surf forecast from 29 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 31 Jul, 12AM (local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 7s period, NNW swell with 804 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Te Ikaamaru Bay this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Te Ikaamaru Bay in the next 16 days are 3.0m 7s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 31) at 12AM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 5.0m 14s period and expected on Tuesday (Aug 04) at 3AM.
| Wave Type | Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 12AM (Fri 31st Jul) | 10ft (3.0m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Te Ikaamaru Bay over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, let’s talk about Te Ikaamaru Bay for the next 16 days. I’m going to be straight with you – it’s a bleak picture at first.
The opening days have some size but the wind is a nightmare. Wednesday the 29th offers a tiny 2ft N swell, but with a stiff 35 km/h N wind blowing straight across the face, it’s lumpy and crummy. Don’t bother.
Thursday the 30th and Friday the 31st see the swell actually build. By Friday morning we’re looking at 8ft of NW swell with moderate energy (529), but the onshore wind is screaming at 55 km/h. That’s near gale force, and it’ll be a washing machine out there. For a beginner break like this, anything over 5ft gets serious, and this is raw, blown-out power.
Then we hit the wall. From Saturday the 1st of August all the way through to Tuesday the 12th, it’s almost completely flat. That’s an 11-day stretch with nothing rideable. The wind does turn offshore a few times, and the water cleans right up, but without any swell, you’re just looking at a flat ocean.
The very end of the run gives us a tiny whisper. Wednesday the 13th of August has the best conditions of the whole period – glassy as glass, with a weak 0.3ft NW groundswell carrying a long 10-second period. It’s barely a ripple, but for a longboarder who loves a clean, knee-high glide, it’d be pretty. The combined energy is only 4, so it’s feeble.
Later, on Wednesday the 13th and Thursday the 14th, there’s a little 1ft N swell, but it gets chopped up by cross-onshore winds.
Water temp is around 56°F, and with the anomaly being about 2°F above average, it’s pretty normal for this time of year.
No standout sessions here. Te Ikaamaru Bay usually is fairly consistent, so this kind of dead run is a bit unusual, but it does happen. The forecast can always shift.
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Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the N on Wed morning, near gales from the NNW by Thu night). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 10°C on Mon afternoon, min 6°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the S on Sat morning, calm by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 29 | Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 14 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | NW 4 | NW 6 | NW 6 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 12 | 65 | 249 | 178 | 341 | 804 | 529 | 601 | 129 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | off | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:38PM0.91m | 6:12AM0.84m | 6:23PM0.90m | 6:59AM0.84m | 7:11PM0.89m | 7:47AM0.84m | 8:01PM0.89m | 8:34AM0.86m | 8:53PM0.89m | 9:22AM0.88m | 9:46PM0.90m | 10:08AM0.91m | 10:36PM0.92m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 11:33AM0.44m | 00:19AM0.44m | 12:19PM0.43m | 1:10AM0.43m | 1:05PM0.42m | 1:59AM0.42m | 1:52PM0.41m | 2:46AM0.41m | 2:42PM0.40m | 3:32AM0.40m | 3:34PM0.39m | 4:18AM0.39m | 4:28PM0.38m | ||||||||
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 | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:29 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Temp °C | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Feels °C | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | -6 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 13 | ESE 12 | SSW 15 | ESE 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 14 | SSW 11 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SE 16 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 11 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | — |
| kJ | 43 | 59 | 75 | 28 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 129 | 17 | 40 | 2097 | 1018 | 573 | 622 | 385 | 85 | 5124 | 5237 | 5008 | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | S 14 | SE 12 | SSW 14 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | E 11 | SE 16 | NW 15 | SE 16 | — | SE 14 | SE 13 | SSE 13 | S 22 | NW 6 | S 17 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 10 | 16 | 37 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 40 | — | 195 | 144 | 189 | 10 | 20 | 53 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 18 | — | NW 14 | — | SE 12 | SE 16 | SE 12 | SE 16 | NW 14 | — | — | SE 14 | — | — | S 19 | NW 6 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 4 | 6 | — | 8 | — | 6 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 33 | — | — | 91 | — | — | 29 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | S 7 | S 11 | S 10 | S 11 | — | — | NW 4 | SSE 12 | S 8 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 |
| kJ | 12 | 65 | 249 | 178 | 341 | 804 | 529 | 601 | 569 | 3739 | 3688 | 3040 | — | — | 10 | 718 | 587 | 6553 | 6211 | 6317 | 3939 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 21 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 120 | 51 | 125 | 115 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 21 |
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