New Zealand 
In numbers.
2.9m³/s
Average flow
estimate
May–Aug
Best months
213m
Elevation
The water at Omanawa Falls, month by month
It roars from May to August.
The fullest months: from May to August.
- 1.6 m³/sJan
- 1.6 m³/sFeb
- 1.8 m³/sMar
- 2.9 m³/sApr
- 3.6 m³/sMay
- 4.3 m³/sJun
- 4.6 m³/sJul
- 4.1 m³/sAug
- 3.2 m³/sSep
- 2.5 m³/sOct
- 1.6 m³/sNov
- 2.0 m³/sDec
From about 1.6 m³/s in the lowest month to 4.6 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from May to August.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in New Zealand
Omanawa Falls is a waterfall on the Omanawa River, in New Zealand.
Getting there.
- Oropinearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Parking 650 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Tauranga Airport (TRG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at TRG airport (Tauranga)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From May to Augustbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 133 m in 3.6 km. Here the river runs about 70 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 4viewpointsTe Harikoa Lookout, Wairere Tapu Lookout, Te Tae Ōmanawa Lookout and 1 more
- —waymarked walking routes
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmMarshalls Falls
- —caves
- 3campsitesPin Oak Flat, Top Flat, Hamilton Point
- —hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Oropi6.3 km in a straight line
- Greerton14 km in a straight line
- Gate Pa15 km in a straight line
- Bethlehem17 km in a straight line
- Judea18 km in a straight line
- Tauranga19 km in a straight line
- Otumoetai20 km in a straight line
- Kaharoa21 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 24 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 |
| Night °C | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 73 | 80 | 104 | 103 | 112 | 113 | 98 | 82 | 81 | 57 | 96 |
| Wet days | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Sun h/day | 9.4 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.6 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (213 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27% | 17% | 69% | 28% | 65% | 214% | 105% | 101% | 56% | 73% | 206% | 28% |
| 2021 | 47% | 77% | 83% | 46% | 98% | 115% | 105% | 80% | 164% | 144% | 108% | 124% |
| 2022 | 41% | 219% | 196% | 55% | 118% | 190% | 218% | 87% | 269% | 160% | 352% | 163% |
| 2023 | 372% | 275% | 88% | 80% | 254% | 139% | 71% | 59% | 249% | 89% | 186% | 109% |
| 2024 | 106% | 69% | 79% | 72% | 103% | 124% | 113% | 102% | 54% | 139% | 81% | 94% |
| 2025 | 81% | 66% | 58% | 172% | 123% | 177% | 201% | 100% | 140% | 139% | 279% | 99% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Omanawa Falls
New Zealand
- —Height
- 2.9 m³/sAverage flow
- May–AugBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q32306855) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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