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Bay of Plenty and Coromandel · New Zealand

Right now

Where to surf

Mount MaunganuiAround 3:00 PM GMT+12

Strong wind — difficult conditions · Low confidence

1.4–1.4 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Strong wind: 10.6 kt · offshore

Cautions
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 27.0 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
Other places to check
  • Pauanui · 12:35 PM–2:00 PM GMT+12 · Strong wind — difficult conditions
    1.3–1.5 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 12.7 kt offshore
  • Whangamata · 12:35 PM–2:00 PM GMT+12 · Strong wind — difficult conditions
    1.2–1.4 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 14.8 kt offshore
Why this spot?
  • This is the best time in the forecast, though wind may make it choppy.

Bay of Plenty and Coromandel spots

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Bay of Plenty and Coromandel

3 spots
Bay of Plenty and Coromandel surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest next 4hWindTideHourly timeline
Mount MaunganuiNNE offshore model swell · 0.3 ft @ 11s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceAround 3:00 PMWSW 11.3 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
WhangamataE offshore model swell · 0.4 ft @ 9s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidence12:35 PM–2:00 PMWSW 14.1 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
PauanuiE offshore model swell · 0.5 ft @ 9s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidence12:35 PM–2:00 PMSW 12.1 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable

Bay of Plenty and Coromandel

3 spots

Mount Maunganui

Unavailable

Offshore swell: NNE 0.3 ft @ 11s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to goAround 3:00 PM
WindWSW 11.3 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable10.8Unavailable
UUnavailable11.3Unavailable
UUnavailable12.3Unavailable
UUnavailable10.6Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Whangamata

Unavailable

Offshore swell: E 0.4 ft @ 9s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to go12:35 PM–2:00 PM
WindWSW 14.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable13.7Unavailable
UUnavailable14.1Unavailable
UUnavailable14.8Unavailable
UUnavailable14.8Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Pauanui

Unavailable

Offshore swell: E 0.5 ft @ 9s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to go12:35 PM–2:00 PM
WindSW 12.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable11.7Unavailable
UUnavailable12.1Unavailable
UUnavailable12.7Unavailable
UUnavailable13.1Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2.5–15 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2.5–12.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 3.5–12 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2–15.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 9.5–18.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 4.5–12 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2.5–11.5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

MetService New Zealand Surf Forecasts

The checked MetService public marine/surf response exposes an HTML application shell but no stable named-spot payload, timestamp schema, units, or update contract; no forecast is scraped.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

New Zealand Regional Wave Buoy Pages

Bay of Plenty Regional Council links to wave-buoy dashboards 102 and 123, but both checked dashboard routes require disclaimer acceptance and then return 404. No observation timestamp, station identity, units, or current values are available, and no Bay of Plenty buoy is substituted across the Coromandel Peninsula.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

NIWA Tide Forecasting API

NIWA tide requests require an API key; no credential bypass is attempted and no station, datum, timezone, or current value is available.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

LINZ Tide Predictions and Sea-Level Data

LINZ is retained as an official tide-table reference, but Tauranga, Clark Island, and Tairua have not been connected with a verified response contract, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current value.
UnavailableNo source time

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

3 of 3 configured model points available
Current