Tauranga to Motiti Island
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Printed Date: 09 Jun 2026 at 5:29am
Topic: Tauranga to Motiti Island
Posted By: 4.4 Bonito
Subject: Tauranga to Motiti Island
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2010 at 8:04pm
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How long would it take in a 4.4 Bonito / 70hp Yamaha.
The Marine forecast for Saturday = Saturday: Southeast 10 knots dying out in the morning. Afternoon sea breezes. Fine.
Just getting back into it after quite a few years.
Am I right in thinking this forecast will be ok to get out and about from Sulphur point on Saturday ?
Cheers.
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Posted By: FarmerBrowne
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 10:47am
| 25 to 30 minutes. in a south easterly you are better to travel close to the coast along towards Papamoa and then cut out to Motiti as south easterlies can bring up a bit of a chop offshore. Just watch for the judder bars (canoes) along the coast as they could damage your gel coat if you hit one |
Posted By: letsgetem
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 7:30pm
| I'm not boat owner - but I've been out near Motiti many times on charters. It ALWAYS seems to become fairly windy during the afternoon, whatever the wind forecast - and the sea gets up. Its a long way back from there, into a stiff souwesterly. |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 9:06pm
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Yep id say you will be ok. sounds like a .000001 chop and .000000000002 swell. dont forget your sunblock mate... ------------- Synit Prototype bender |
Posted By: 4.4 Bonito
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2010 at 9:23pm
Wow, over 24 hours to get my post shown 
Of course it's all over now.
Forecast wasn't quite what they said. breeze was a bit more than slight, and picked up in the avo, and I think from the Nor east.
A little rocky out there.
Caught heaps though
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Posted By: getjiggy
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2010 at 7:56am
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Its about 10 miles so wont take very long on a flat sea. Will be no prob in that boat should take about 20 mins. Good luck ------------- When your down and out, get up and in! |
Posted By: letsgetem
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 7:37pm
| What did you catch 4.4? |
Posted By: cosmo
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2019 at 9:09pm
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would of been mint today ------------- i just want to go fishing..........amd ignore all my adult problems |