Pakiroa Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
Rating right now
Pakiroa Beach is a W-facing sand beach on the New Zealand shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches SW–NW swell, and offshore NE–SE winds tidy the banks through october–april.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~13.5°C (56.3°F) on average
Jan
17.4°C
63.3°F · 14.5–21.5°C
Feb
18.3°C
64.9°F · 16.3–21.2°C
Mar
17.4°C
63.3°F · 15.3–20.8°C
Apr
16.6°C
61.9°F · 13.8–19.2°C
May
15.4°C
59.7°F · 13.5–18°C
Jun
14°C
57.2°F · 12.5–15.5°C
Jul
12.9°C
55.2°F · 10.1–14.4°C
Aug
12.7°C
54.9°F · 11.5–14°C
Sep
13°C
55.4°F · 11.9–13.9°C
Oct
13.5°C
56.3°F · 12.2–15.9°C
Nov
15.1°C
59.2°F · 13.5–18.3°C
Dec
16.6°C
61.9°F · 14.3–18.8°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
SW–NW
Best wind
NE–SE
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.
Nearby spots
Punakaiki Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
Little Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
Kararo Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
Nine Mile Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
South Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
Carters Beach
West Coast · New Zealand
More beaches in West Coast → see all spots in West Coast, New Zealand
New to reading forecasts?
Two short guides that make the numbers above make sense.