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Opotiki Wharf Sea Temperature in May

Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

April Opotiki Wharf year-round → June

Average sea temperature for Opotiki Wharf, New Zealand across May, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

18.02° C

High

19.66° C

Low

16.32° C

At this temperature, water will feel cold compared to a swimming pool, but with a bit of experience and practice most people will find the water relatively comfortable to swim in.

May is the 6th warmest of 12 months at Opotiki Wharf.

Compared to April, May is 1.7° cooler than (19.69° C in April). By June the water is usually 16.5° C.

Opotiki Wharf Day-by-Day Water Temperature in May

10-year low, average and high

15.5° C
16.8° C
18.0° C
19.3° C
20.5° C
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20
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through May. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of May. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Opotiki Wharf.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

May Water Temperature Table for Opotiki Wharf

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
May 1 18.85° C 18.08° C 19.66° C
May 2 18.7° C 17.9° C 19.49° C
May 3 18.58° C 17.73° C 19.43° C
May 4 18.52° C 17.62° C 19.36° C
May 5 18.42° C 17.58° C 19.35° C
May 6 18.5° C 17.65° C 19.32° C
May 7 18.5° C 17.54° C 19.25° C
May 8 18.51° C 17.53° C 19.2° C
May 9 18.52° C 17.5° C 19.18° C
May 10 18.39° C 17.4° C 19.16° C
May 11 18.32° C 17.31° C 19.05° C
May 12 18.2° C 17.25° C 18.85° C
May 13 18.15° C 17.21° C 18.77° C
May 14 18.09° C 17.19° C 18.75° C
May 15 18.01° C 17.05° C 18.69° C
May 16 18° C 16.92° C 18.65° C
May 17 18.04° C 16.88° C 18.95° C
May 18 17.96° C 16.85° C 18.81° C
May 19 17.86° C 16.85° C 18.61° C
May 20 17.81° C 16.98° C 18.44° C
May 21 17.74° C 17.08° C 18.33° C
May 22 17.71° C 17.15° C 18.18° C
May 23 17.66° C 17.11° C 17.97° C
May 24 17.56° C 16.98° C 17.97° C
May 25 17.48° C 16.87° C 18° C
May 26 17.46° C 16.8° C 18.01° C
May 27 17.43° C 16.73° C 18.1° C
May 28 17.33° C 16.67° C 18.09° C
May 29 17.19° C 16.51° C 17.97° C
May 30 17.05° C 16.32° C 17.81° C
May 31 16.97° C 16.34° C 17.67° C

Where May Sits in the Year

May highlighted

12.5° C
15.4° C
18.3° C
21.1° C
24.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
20.98° C
21.66° C
21.01° C
19.69° C
18.02° C
16.5° C
15.31° C
14.74° C
14.87° C
15.84° C
17.97° C
19.75° C
10-year monthly history for Opotiki Wharf. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in May

Compare other New Zealand water for the same month

Opotiki Wharf Location

-38.0014, 177.2819

-38.00136, 177.28186 View on OpenStreetMap →

Opotiki Wharf sits at -38.0014°N, 177.2819°E, on the coast of Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Opotiki Wharf