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Bay of Plenty and Coromandel · New Zealand

Thursday, Sep 24

Where to surf

PauanuiAround 6:00 PM GMT+12

Looks good · Low confidence

1.2–1.2 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 3.4 kt · offshore

Other places to check
  • Whangamata · 8:00 AM–10:00 AM GMT+12 · Looks good
    1.5–1.6 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 4.3 kt offshore
  • Mount Maunganui · 8:00 AM–10:00 AM GMT+12 · Looks good
    0.6–0.7 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 5.2 kt offshore
Why this spot?
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.

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 windowWindTideHourly timeline
Mount MaunganuiE offshore model swell · 0.4 ft @ 4s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidence8:00 AM–10:00 AMSW 3.1 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
WhangamataESE offshore model swell · 1.3 ft @ 3s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidence8:00 AM–10:00 AMSW 3.9 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
PauanuiESE offshore model swell · 1.4 ft @ 4s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidenceAround 6:00 PMSSW 5.4 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable

Bay of Plenty and Coromandel

3 spots

Mount Maunganui

Unavailable

Offshore swell: E 0.4 ft @ 4s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to go8:00 AM–10:00 AM
WindSW 3.1 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable4.1Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable3.8Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable3.3Unavailable
UUnavailable2.7Unavailable
UUnavailable2.6Unavailable
UUnavailable3.9Unavailable
UUnavailable3.1Unavailable
UUnavailable3.9Unavailable
UUnavailable5.2Unavailable
UUnavailable5.1Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable5.8Unavailable
UUnavailable4.2Unavailable
UUnavailable2.5Unavailable
UUnavailable6.5Unavailable
UUnavailable7.9Unavailable
UUnavailable8.2Unavailable
UUnavailable12.2Unavailable
UUnavailable12.7Unavailable
UUnavailable12Unavailable
UUnavailable10.7Unavailable
UUnavailable9.7Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Whangamata

Unavailable

Offshore swell: ESE 1.3 ft @ 3s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to go8:00 AM–10:00 AM
WindSW 3.9 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable6.2Unavailable
UUnavailable5.5Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable4.5Unavailable
UUnavailable3.1Unavailable
UUnavailable2.8Unavailable
UUnavailable2.8Unavailable
UUnavailable4Unavailable
UUnavailable3.9Unavailable
UUnavailable4.1Unavailable
UUnavailable4.3Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable5.1Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.2Unavailable
UUnavailable8.1Unavailable
UUnavailable7.1Unavailable
UUnavailable7.6Unavailable
UUnavailable6.6Unavailable
UUnavailable8.8Unavailable
UUnavailable9.7Unavailable
UUnavailable9.5Unavailable
UUnavailable8.3Unavailable
UUnavailable7.4Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Pauanui

Unavailable

Offshore swell: ESE 1.4 ft @ 4s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to goAround 6:00 PM
WindSSW 5.4 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable7.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.2Unavailable
UUnavailable7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.9Unavailable
UUnavailable7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.5Unavailable
UUnavailable6.2Unavailable
UUnavailable5.8Unavailable
UUnavailable5.4Unavailable
UUnavailable6.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.3Unavailable
UUnavailable6.8Unavailable
UUnavailable5.9Unavailable
UUnavailable5.5Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.3Unavailable
UUnavailable6.6Unavailable
UUnavailable5.9Unavailable
UUnavailable3.4Unavailable
UUnavailable8.1Unavailable
UUnavailable8.5Unavailable
UUnavailable9.1Unavailable
UUnavailable8.5Unavailable
UUnavailable7.9Unavailable
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