Bay of Plenty Surf

Bay of Plenty Surf Forecast

Detailed Bay of Plenty surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Bay of Plenty. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Bay of Plenty. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Bay of Plenty over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Bay of Plenty and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Bay of Plenty Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Bay of Plenty Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Bay of Plenty coastline are also listed below.

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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Matata Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.4 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	5.0 N	3.0 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	1.5 NNE	2.1 N	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 N	0.9 NE	1.8 NNW
Period(s)	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	281	346	461	702	2020	2969	5762	2415	1702	1399	640	417	305	212	162	238	414	223	144	139	118	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:52PM 1.69	7:54AM 1.58		8:32PM 1.71	8:36AM 1.58		9:09PM 1.71	9:18AM 1.59		9:48PM 1.69	9:57AM 1.59		10:28PM 1.67	10:35AM 1.58		11:11PM 1.66	11:14AM 1.56		11:09PM 1.64	11:22AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		1:48AM 0.41		2:03PM 0.27	2:30AM 0.40		2:21PM 0.39		3:10AM 0.40	3:19PM 0.31		3:51AM 0.39	3:58PM 0.33		4:32AM 0.40	4:38PM 0.33		5:15AM 0.41	5:19PM 0.33		5:28AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	3	16	28	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	-	1	-	-	2
High °C	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	14	16	17	12	14	15	13	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	13
Low °C	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	13	13	14	11	12	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	14	15	16	11	14	15	13	16	15	14	16	14	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	3.0 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 N	0.9 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	17	16	16	-	-	-	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 NE	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 N	0.1 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 NE	0.6 NNW	0.1 E
Period (s)	18	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	12	12	10	10	11	14	7	7	8	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.4 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	5.0 N	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	1.5 NNE	2.1 N	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	7

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Maketu Bar Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	5.0 N	4.5 N	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	281	303	317	346	396	428	461	547	702	1142	1454	2020	2313	2659	2969	4280	5762	5557	4682	2415	2017	1658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 1.69				7:54AM 1.58				8:32PM 1.71				8:36AM 1.58					9:09PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24PM 0.26				1:48AM 0.41				2:03PM 0.27				2:30AM 0.40				2:21PM 0.39					3:10AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	6	22	6	5	2	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	17	16	16	14	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 N	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	17	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	18	18	12	12	16	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	5.0 N	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	-	3	3	-	3

	Sunday 31											Monday 01
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE
Period(s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	218	237	281	288	296	303	311	309	317	362	349	346	355	396	396	396	428	428	428	461	461	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								7:52PM 1.69												7:54AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 0.26												1:48AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	17	17	16	16	10	10	10	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8