Waikawau Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.60° S 175.53° E

Waikawau Bay, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 5 am 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Waikawau Bay sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.1° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Waikawau Bay based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Waikawau Bay right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Waikawau Bay

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Waikawau Bay

1 km WSW4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
20
moderate winds from the W
(20 km/h at 270°)
15 °C-
-
-
-
-

Matarangi- Coromandel- NZ

19 km SE16 m above sea level

44 minutes ago
Dry
30
fresh winds from the W
(31 km/h at 270°)
17.0 °C-
-
-
-
-

Great Mercury Is AWS

22 km E40 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
Dry
30
fresh winds from the W
(31 km/h at 270°)
15.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Te Kouma Heads

26 km S36 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
45
strong winds from the W
(43 km/h at 270°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Channel Island

27 km WNW48 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
35
fresh winds from the W
(33 km/h at 270°)
13.9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Oruawharo

36 km N11 m above sea level

42 minutes ago
Dry
wind obs. (4 kph from 180 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
17.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Passage Rock Automatic Weather Station

46 km SSW7 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
35
fresh winds from the SW
(35 km/h at 225°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Whakatiwai Kaiaua

54 km S5 m above sea level

44 minutes ago
No weather report
10
light winds from the SW
(11 km/h at 225°)
15.1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Maraetai School Road

55 km SSW50 m above sea level

43 minutes ago
No weather report
15
light winds from the W
(13 km/h at 270°)
14.6 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tiritiri Light Automatic Weather Station

58 km WSW36 m above sea level

34 minutes ago
No weather report
35
fresh winds from the SW
(35 km/h at 225°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Waikawau Bay and within an acceptable time window.

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