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Matauri Bay Surf Photo: 'Al from Russell cranking off a sweet left-hand peak' by Bill Dawes

Lat Long: 35.04° S 173.91° E

Issued: 5 pm 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Matauri Bay sea temperature is

17.5° C

1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
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Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

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	ENE	SW	SSW	E	SSE
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Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

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	ENE	SW	SSW	E	SSE
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

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	ENE	SW	SSW	E	NNW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 June at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

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	ENE	SW	SSW	E	NNW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SW	SW	E	NNW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SW	SW	E	NW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	ENE	SW	SSW	E	NW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WSW	SSW	E	NW
	12 s	glass	3 s	12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	W		E	NW
	12 s	off		12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WSW		E	NW
	12 s	off		12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WSW		E	NW
	12 s	glass		12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 13 June at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW		E	NE
	12 s	glass		12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW		E	NE
	12 s	cross- off		12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW		E	NE
	12 s	cross- off		12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	N	N	E	NE
	12 s	cross	3 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	NNW	E	NE
	11 s	cross- off	3 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 14 June at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Matauri Bay around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 55 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.8m (5.9 ft). Range 2.25m (7.4 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Matauri Bay Surf Photo: 'Al from Russell cranking off a sweet left-hand peak' by Bill Dawes

Most of the waves today were close-outs. But just occasionally, if you were lucky enough to be in exactly the right position to take it, you'd get a sweet barrelling left hand shoulder, with some decent grunt and size to it. Like this one. Pic by Cindy Pagel.

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User: Bill Dawes (2 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 11:32 am 13 Jun 2013