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Motunau Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Motunau Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motunau Beach sea temperature is
17.1° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Motunau Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Motunau Beach at 12AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

Table - waves today at Motunau Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.3
SE
0.9
ENE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)88888777777788768888815814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)868260515048434148472332233514136364686875339247
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
5
E
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
10
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.73
6:09PM
1.57
6:35AM
1.73
6:52PM
1.57
7:18AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:34PM
0.29
12:10PM
0.34
12:18AM
0.27
12:54PM
0.32
1:02AM
0.25
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:13--
Sunset-9:05-------9:04-------9:04------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413121110131514141211111013151514121211111517
Feels °C (?)1010111110811111010991081111111099991011
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