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Papatowai Surf Report and Forecast

Current Surf Report for Papatowai

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Today's Tide - Papatowai Time Times for Papatowai
Low 3:27AM 3.6ft
High 9:38AM 7ft
Low 3:56PM 3.4ft
High 10:07PM 7.1ft
First Light 7:27AM
Sunrise 8:01AM
Sunset 5:16PM
Last Light 5:49PM

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Papatowai holds some of New Zealand's biggest waves, where tow-in teams and experienced paddlers try to ride the long barrelling right or lethal, ledging left. Big boils and tendrils of kelp add to the stress... more

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Papatowai Surf Forecast Sat 18 May - Mon 3 Jun

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Surf Forecasting help for Papatowai

A detailed long range Papatowai Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Papatowai and nearby surf spots in the New Zealand area. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.

Surf Forecasting Articles

Hourly Surf Swell Rating Primary Swell Secondary Swell Wind (+ Gusts) Weather Prob.
Sun 05/19 12am 3-5ft 4.5ft 13s 185.47° 3.5ft 6s   8 12 mph Fog 52°f 100%
3am 3-5ft 3.5ft 12s 177.83° 3.5ft 6s 2.5ft 13s 9 14 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
Sun 05/19 6am 3-5ft 3.5ft 12s 178.82° 4ft 6s 2ft 13s 13 20 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
9am 3-5ft 3.5ft 12s 180.24° 4ft 6s 1.5ft 13s 14 21 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
Noon 3-4ft 4.5ft 7s 118.82° 3ft 11s 1.8ft 13s 14 19 mph Drizzle 52°f 85%
3pm 3-4ft 3.5ft 11s 175.58° 3ft 6s 3ft 7s 13 17 mph Light Showers 52°f 85%
6pm 3-4ft 3ft 11s 175.78° 4ft 6s 1.7ft 13s 13 19 mph Drizzle 50°f 75%
9pm 2-3ft 2.5ft 10s 177.01° 3ft 6s 3ft 7s 14 20 mph Drizzle 50°f 75%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 3:27AM 3.6ft
High 9:38AM 7ft
Low 3:56PM 3.4ft
High 10:07PM 7.1ft
First Light 7:27AM
Sunrise 8:01AM
Sunset 5:16PM
Last Light 5:49PM
Mon 05/20 12am 2-3ft 2.5ft 10s 177.26° 4.5ft 6s 1.8ft 12s 14 20 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
3am 2-3ft 2.5ft 12s 188.33° 4ft 6s 2ft 9s 11 17 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
Mon 05/20 6am 2-3ft 3.5ft 6s 100.64° 2ft 8s   10 14 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
9am 2ft 3ft 6s 101.8° 2.5ft 8s   8 10 mph Overcast 50°f 100%
Noon 2-3ft 2ft 9s 177.98° 3ft 8s   6 7 mph Light Showers 52°f 100%
3pm 2-3ft 2.5ft 12s 194.4° 3ft 7s   10 11 mph Light Showers 52°f 100%
6pm 2-3ft 2.5ft 12s 194.07° 3ft 7s   12 16 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
9pm 2-3ft 2.5ft 12s 195.02° 3.5ft 7s 1.8ft 8s 12 17 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 4:25AM 3.4ft
High 10:35AM 7.2ft
Low 4:51PM 3.2ft
High 11:02PM 7.3ft
First Light 7:28AM
Sunrise 8:02AM
Sunset 5:15PM
Last Light 5:48PM
Tue 05/21 12am 2-3ft 4ft 5s 110.08° 1.9ft 12s 1.6ft 8s 13 19 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
3am 3-4ft 3ft 13s 187.67° 4.5ft 6s 1.2ft 8s 12 18 mph Overcast 48°f 100%
Tue 05/21 6am 3-5ft 3.5ft 12s 186.44° 4.5ft 6s 1.3ft 10s 13 19 mph Drizzle 48°f 95%
9am 3-5ft 3.5ft 12s 186.07° 4.5ft 6s 1.7ft 10s 13 20 mph Drizzle 50°f 95%
Noon 3-5ft 4ft 12s 185.86° 4ft 6s 2ft 10s 14 19 mph Drizzle 50°f 100%
3pm 3-5ft 4ft 12s 183.39° 2ft 10s 4ft 6s 13 19 mph Drizzle 52°f 100%
6pm 4-6ft 4.5ft 14s 183.65° 2ft 10s 4.5ft 6s 12 19 mph Brief Showers 50°f 81%
9pm 3-5ft 4ft 12s 180.26° 2ft 10s 4ft 6s 12 19 mph Mostly Clear 50°f 81%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 5:20AM 3.2ft
High 11:28AM 7.5ft
Low 5:45PM 3ft
High 11:54PM 7.6ft
First Light 7:29AM
Sunrise 8:03AM
Sunset 5:14PM
Last Light 5:47PM
Wed 05/22 12am 4-6ft 4.5ft 13s 183.25° 2ft 10s 3.5ft 6s 8 11 mph Cloudy 50°f 67%
3am 3-5ft 4.5ft 12s 183.96° 3ft 6s   4 5 mph Cloudy 50°f 67%
Wed 05/22 6am 3-5ft 4ft 12s 184.59° 3ft 6s   7 9 mph Cloudy 48°f 70%
9am 3-5ft 4ft 12s 185.41° 2.5ft 6s   9 13 mph Brief Showers 50°f 70%
Noon 3-4ft 3.5ft 11s 185.66° 2.5ft 6s 1.4ft 3s 11 16 mph Drizzle 48°f 100%
3pm 3-4ft 3ft 11s 185.76° 2.5ft 5s 1.9ft 6s 10 13 mph Overcast 50°f 100%
6pm 2-4ft 3ft 11s 186.16° 3ft 6s 1.6ft 6s 8 11 mph Drizzle 48°f 100%
9pm 3-4ft 3.5ft 11s 186.97° 3.5ft 6s 1.4ft 6s 9 13 mph Drizzle 46°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 6:13AM 2.9ft
High 12:20PM 7.8ft
Low 6:39PM 2.8ft
First Light 7:30AM
Sunrise 8:04AM
Sunset 5:13PM
Last Light 5:46PM
Thu 05/23 12am 4-6ft 5.5ft 12s 188.32° 1.3ft 6s   10 14 mph Drizzle 45°f 85%
3am 4-6ft 6ft 12s 189.82° 1.1ft 6s   9 12 mph Mostly Clear 45°f 85%
Thu 05/23 6am 4-6ft 5.5ft 11s 192.68° 1ft 6s   9 12 mph Mostly Clear 45°f 81%
9am 3-5ft 5.5ft 11s 196.69° 0.8ft 17s 0.9ft 6s 8 12 mph Overcast 45°f 81%
Noon 3-4ft 3.5ft 11s 191.89° 4.5ft 7s 0.8ft 16s 10 13 mph Brief Showers 46°f 72%
3pm 2-4ft 3.5ft 10s 194.82° 4.5ft 7s 0.9ft 16s 12 15 mph Brief Showers 46°f 72%
6pm 4-6ft 6ft 10s 189.63° 0.9ft 15s 0.6ft 6s 12 17 mph Brief Showers 45°f 53%
9pm 4-6ft 5.5ft 10s 188.06° 0.9ft 15s   10 13 mph Mostly Clear 43°f 53%
Tide and daylight times for
High 12:45AM 7.8ft
Low 7:04AM 2.6ft
High 1:11PM 8.1ft
Low 7:31PM 2.5ft
First Light 7:31AM
Sunrise 8:05AM
Sunset 5:12PM
Last Light 5:45PM
Fri 05/24 12am 3-5ft 5.5ft 9s 186.64° 0.9ft 15s   8 11 mph Brief Showers 43°f 60%
3am 3-5ft 5.5ft 9s 185.36° 0.9ft 14s   7 9 mph Overcast 43°f 60%
Fri 05/24 6am 3-5ft 5.5ft 9s 184.06° 0.9ft 14s   7 9 mph Cloudy 43°f 44%
9am 3-5ft 5.5ft 9s 184.06° 0.4ft 7s   6 8 mph Cloudy 43°f 44%
Noon 3-5ft 5.5ft 9s 182.43° 0.8ft 13s   7 9 mph Fair 45°f 45%
3pm 3-5ft 5ft 9s 181.53° 0.3ft 7s 0.7ft 2s 7 8 mph Sunny 46°f 45%
6pm 3-5ft 5ft 9s 180.8° 0.8ft 13s   5 7 mph Clear 45°f 34%
9pm 3-5ft 4.5ft 9s 181.48° 0.3ft 7s   6 8 mph Clear 43°f 34%
Tide and daylight times for
High 1:35AM 8.1ft
Low 7:54AM 2.2ft
High 2:02PM 8.3ft
Low 8:22PM 2.3ft
First Light 7:32AM
Sunrise 8:06AM
Sunset 5:11PM
Last Light 5:45PM
Sat 05/25 12am 3-4ft 4ft 9s 180.09° 0.8ft 13s   6 7 mph Clear 41°f 72%
3am 3-4ft 4ft 9s 181.26° 0.3ft 12s   6 8 mph Clear 41°f 72%
Sat 05/25 6am 3-4ft 3.5ft 9s 181.5° 0.7ft 12s   7 9 mph Clear 39°f 44%
9am 3-4ft 3.5ft 9s 183.75° 0.4ft 18s   8 9 mph Sunny 37°f 44%
Noon 2-4ft 3.5ft 9s 184.25° 0.4ft 18s   7 8 mph Sunny 45°f 54%
3pm 2-4ft 3.5ft 9s 185.7° 0.7ft 17s   6 7 mph Sunny 48°f 54%
6pm 2-4ft 3.5ft 10s 187.3° 0.9ft 16s   6 8 mph Clear 48°f 32%
9pm 2-4ft 3.5ft 10s 191.63° 1ft 16s   7 10 mph Mostly Clear 48°f 32%
Tide and daylight times for
High 2:26AM 8.3ft
Low 8:45AM 2ft
High 2:56PM 8.5ft
Low 9:12PM 2.1ft
First Light 7:33AM
Sunrise 8:07AM
Sunset 5:10PM
Last Light 5:44PM

Extended Surf Forecast for Papatowai Area
Sun 05/26 12am 2-3ft 3ft 15s 214.47° 3ft 6s 1.3ft 6s 7 8 mph Mostly Clear 46°f 32%
3am 3-4ft 4.5ft 15s 216.19° 1.2ft 6s 2.5ft 4s 9 11 mph Clear 43°f 32%
Sun 05/26 6am 3-5ft 5.5ft 14s 215.04° 1.1ft 6s 3ft 4s 8 10 mph Clear 43°f 19%
9am 4-6ft 6.5ft 14s 213.9° 1ft 6s 4ft 5s 8 9 mph Sunny 43°f 19%
Noon 4-6ft 9.5ft 14s 225.93° 0.9ft 6s   9 12 mph Sunny 48°f 30%
3pm 4-7ft 11ft 13s 220.77° 0.8ft 6s   8 13 mph Sunny 54°f 30%
6pm 5-8ft 11.5ft 13s 216.19°     11 17 mph Mostly Clear 50°f 51%
9pm 5-7ft 10.5ft 12s 213.9°     15 25 mph Brief Showers 48°f 51%
Tide and daylight times for
High 3:18AM 8.4ft
Low 9:37AM 1.8ft
High 3:49PM 8.5ft
Low 10:04PM 2.1ft
First Light 7:34AM
Sunrise 8:08AM
Sunset 5:09PM
Last Light 5:43PM
Mon 05/27 12am 4-7ft 9.5ft 12s 211.6° 0.7ft 8s   22 36 mph Brief Showers 46°f 35%
3am 4-7ft 8ft 12s 203.58° 0.7ft 9s 3.5ft 5s 24 36 mph Overcast 45°f 35%
Mon 05/27 6am 4-5ft 6ft 10s 193.27° 4.5ft 13s 4ft 5s 19 28 mph Light Showers 45°f 32%
9am 3-5ft 5ft 11s 185.25° 5ft 13s 4ft 5s 20 25 mph Fair 50°f 32%
Noon 4-6ft 6.5ft 11s 206.45° 0.7ft 9s 4ft 5s 22 25 mph Brief Showers 45°f 34%
3pm 3-5ft 6.5ft 11s 207.59° 0.7ft 9s 3.5ft 5s 22 25 mph Brief Showers 45°f 34%
6pm 4-6ft 6.5ft 12s 207.59° 0.6ft 9s 2.5ft 4s 22 25 mph Brief Showers 45°f 50%
9pm 3-5ft 6.5ft 12s 210.46° 0.5ft 9s   22 25 mph Brief Showers 45°f 50%
Tide and daylight times for
High 4:10AM 8.4ft
Low 10:29AM 1.8ft
High 4:43PM 8.5ft
Low 10:56PM 2.1ft
First Light 7:35AM
Sunrise 8:09AM
Sunset 5:09PM
Last Light 5:42PM
Tue 05/28 12am 3-5ft 6ft 11s 204.73° 0.4ft 9s 1.6ft 4s 22 25 mph Brief Showers 45°f 47%
3am 4-6ft 6ft 13s 203.58° 0.3ft 9s 1.7ft 4s 24 28 mph Showers 46°f 47%
Tue 05/28 6am 2-4ft 3.5ft 8s 176.65° 3.5ft 13s 1.9ft 4s 24 28 mph Showers 46°f 41%
9am 3-4ft 4ft 9s 189.83° 3ft 13s 1.7ft 3s 24 28 mph Showers 46°f 41%
Noon 3-4ft 4ft 9s 191.55° 3ft 13s 1.4ft 3s 25 30 mph Brief Showers 46°f 26%
3pm 2-4ft 3.5ft 8s 190.4° 3ft 13s 1.3ft 3s 25 30 mph Brief Showers 46°f 26%
6pm 2-3ft 3.5ft 8s 190.98° 3ft 13s 1.2ft 3s 25 30 mph Brief Showers 46°f N/A
9pm 2-3ft 3ft 8s 188.69° 3ft 13s 1.2ft 3s 25 30 mph Brief Showers 46°f N/A
Tide and daylight times for
High 5:04AM 8.3ft
Low 11:24AM 1.8ft
High 5:38PM 8.3ft
Low 11:51PM 2.2ft
First Light 7:36AM
Sunrise 8:10AM
Sunset 5:08PM
Last Light 5:42PM
Wed 05/29 12am 2-3ft 2.5ft 7s 191.55° 3ft 13s 1.3ft 3s 25 30 mph Brief Showers 46°f N/A

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