New Zealand 
In numbers.
0.27m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
121m
Elevation
The water at Tangoio Falls, month by month
It roars from June to August.
The fullest months: from June to August.
- 0.2 m³/sJan
- 0.2 m³/sFeb
- 0.2 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.4 m³/sJun
- 0.4 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.3 m³/sSep
- 0.3 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.2 m³/sDec
From about 0.18 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.41 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
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
Tangoio Falls is a waterfall on the Rauwirikōkōmuka Stream, in New Zealand.
Getting there.
- Bay Viewnearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Parking 1,060 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Hawke's Bay Airport (NPE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at NPE airport (Napier)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest 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 199 m in 2.0 km. Here the river runs about 102 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 1viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- 1picnic sites
- 2toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmTe Ana Falls
- —caves
- —campsites
- —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
- Bay View13 km in a straight line
- Napier21 km in a straight line
- Maraenui23 km in a straight line
- Onekawa23 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 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 |
| Night °C | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 52 | 65 | 78 | 72 | 87 | 96 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 54 | 67 |
| Wet days | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Sun h/day | 8.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide. 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 | 56% | 23% | 76% | 24% | 82% | 162% | 79% | 58% | 74% | 78% | 306% | 52% |
| 2021 | 40% | 94% | 89% | 47% | 91% | 123% | 42% | 84% | 148% | 102% | 255% | 202% |
| 2022 | 40% | 458% | 321% | 57% | 99% | 105% | 144% | 181% | 247% | 136% | 210% | 173% |
| 2023 | 378% | 589% | 110% | 73% | 98% | 232% | 108% | 63% | 165% | 82% | 249% | 107% |
| 2024 | 197% | 49% | 40% | 42% | 156% | 180% | 84% | 94% | 66% | 50% | 64% | 210% |
| 2025 | 109% | 46% | 110% | 82% | 93% | 72% | 122% | 86% | 69% | 114% | 90% | 211% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Tangoio Falls
New Zealand
- —Height
- 0.27 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q34854126) · 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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