Hikuwai Beach
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
No photo of Hikuwai Beach yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Best: 6 pm to sunset, sunset 7:35 pm7.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.6
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.2
4 km/h3 mph wind, Great
8.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.3
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.3
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.3
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.1
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
8.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.9
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.8
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 6 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 18°C64°F
- Water
- 17°C63°F
- Wind
- 74 km/hmph N
- Gusts
- 2314 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.3 m<1 ft
- UV
- 2 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 7:35 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 11 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 5 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- Low 11 am, -0.5 m2 ft
- High 5 pm, 0.8 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Restrooms180 m580 ft away
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 2.6 km1.6 miŌpōtiki (town)
- Nearest airport
- 35 km22 miWhakatāne Airport (WHK)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Old Ōpōtiki Harbour Entrance4.2 km2.6 mi west away7.8 Great
- Waiotahe Beach6.8 km4.2 mi west away7.8 Great
- Ōhope Beach20 km12 mi west away8.2 Great
- Ōhope Recreation Reserve23 km14 mi west away8.2 Great
- Te Uritukituki Beach24 km15 mi north-east away7.9 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.8 GreatBest 7 am to 4 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sun7.1 GreatBest 3 pm to 8 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Mon5.9 GoodBest 2 pm to 3 pmWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 0%
- Tue2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 100%
- Wed6.7 GoodBest 7 am to 9 amWind up to 24 km/h15 mph, rain 14%
- Thu6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 10 amWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 20%