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Mount Maunganui – Main Beach surf forecast

The forecast for Mount Maunganui – Main Beach, hour by hour for the next 7 days, from the weather models riders know from Windy.

Open the 7-day forecastWind and gusts from every model side by side, hour by hour, for the next 7 days.

Updated November 2026 · weather data 2022–2026

Forecast models

  • Wind and gusts from ECMWF 9 km, ICON 13 km, GFS 22 km and Météo-France ARPEGE 25 km side by side, so you see at once where the models agree.
  • No regional model covers this spot, so the global models lead.
  • On wide screens also ECMWF AIFS (AI), GEM 15 km, JMA 55 km and CMA 25 km.
  • Waves and swell with period and direction, from MFWAM 8 km, ECMWF WAM 9 km and GFS Wave 16 km.
  • Tides: high and low times and heights for every day, calculated for this spot from the EOT20 tide model.
  • Also rain, clouds and air temperature.
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Forecast data: Open-Meteo.

Best time to go

The best time to surf at Mount Maunganui – Main Beach is April–July, with waves of about 1.7 m and water around 17°C.

Wave height per month (m, average daily max)
Water temperature per month (°C)
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Questions

How far ahead does the forecast for Mount Maunganui – Main Beach go?

7 days, hour by hour (or every 3 hours). Météo-France runs about 4 days and the local high-resolution models 2 to 4 days, so their columns end earlier.

Which weather models does the forecast use?

ECMWF 9 km, ICON 13 km, GFS 22 km and Météo-France ARPEGE 25 km side by side, plus the finest regional model where one covers the spot. Where the models agree, the forecast is more reliable.

When is the best time to go surfing at Mount Maunganui – Main Beach?

The best time to surf at Mount Maunganui – Main Beach is April–July, with waves of about 1.7 m and water around 17°C.