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Matheson Bay Lagoon

Current Water Quality

Swimming not advised

This location is unsuitable for swimming. Results of water quality samples taken here frequently fail to meet national guidelines.

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Forecast

Water and weather

Water temp: 17.3°C

Low Risk

High Risk

Wastewater overflow

ThuNow
17.7°CCloudy
N14km/h
Thu11am
17.4°CCloudy
NW10km/h
Thu1pm
17°CCloudy
NNW8km/h
Thu3pm
16.3°CCloudy
NNW10km/h
Thu5pm
15.9°CCloudy
NNW12km/h
Thu7pm
17.4°CShowers
NNW11km/h
Thu9pm
20.7°CCloudy
NNW15km/h
Fri5am
18.5°CCloudy
N22km/h
Fri7am
18.4°CCloudy
N18km/h
Fri9am
18.3°CStorm
N22km/h
Fri11am
17.9°CCloudy
N21km/h
Fri1pm
17.8°CCloudy
N19km/h
Fri3pm
17.4°CCloudy
N21km/h
Fri5pm
17.2°CCloudy
N16km/h
Fri7pm
18.1°CShowers
N15km/h
Fri9pm
20.4°CShowers
N15km/h
Sat5am
19.1°CCloudy
NNW12km/h
Sat7am
17.5°CCloudy
W8km/h
Sat9am
16°CShowers
WNW7km/h
Sat11am
14.6°CCloudy
NW11km/h
Sat1pm
13°CCloudy
NNW11km/h
Sat3pm
13.7°CCloudy
NW11km/h
Sat5pm
13.9°CCloudy
NW10km/h
Sat7pm
15.8°CCloudy
NW9km/h
Sat9pm
18.7°CShowers
NW10km/h

Tide

Currently incoming

Thu

10:10am

Low

0.53m

Thu

4:21pm

High

2.2m

Thu

10:27pm

Low

0.59m

Fri

4:41am

High

2.34m

Fri

11:01am

Low

0.48m

Fri

5:15pm

High

2.26m

Fri

11:21pm

Low

0.59m

Sat

5:30am

High

2.34m

Sat

11:48am

Low

0.43m

Sat

6:04pm

High

2.32m

Sun

12:10am

Low

0.58m

Sun

6:15am

High

2.33m

Beach Info

Water quality at this location is poor. Swimming, collecting shellfish and fishing are not recommended.

Auckland Council's Safe Networks and Safe Septic teams are actively investigating to identify sources of contamination. A long-term alert will be in place while this investigation is underway.

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Shallow water

Supervise children at all times

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