Secret spot?We can hide it! Rapahoe Surf Forecast / New-Zealand – West Coast / New Zealand2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 05 am Tuesday 05 Jun 2012Rapahoe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 2740 | 2332 | 3266 | 934 | 461 | 431 | 667 | 1542 | 1353 | 2110 | 1496 | 888 | 886 | 838 | 681 | 580 | 475 | 373 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | off | cross- off |
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off | off | glass | cross- on |
cross | cross | off | glass | cross | off | glass | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Rapahoe blow from the SE
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High Tide / height (m) |
12:00PM 3.48 |
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12:20AM 3.51 |
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12:53PM 3.40 |
1:11AM 3.42 |
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1:45PM 3.27 |
2:02AM 3.28 |
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2:36PM 3.12 |
2:55AM 3.13 |
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3:29PM 2.98 |
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3:50AM 2.98 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
5:43AM 0.42 |
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6:09PM 0.53 |
6:35AM 0.50 |
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7:00PM 0.63 |
7:28AM 0.64 |
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7:51PM 0.78 |
8:21AM 0.80 |
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8:42PM 0.94 |
9:15AM 0.97 |
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9:36PM 1.09 |
10:10AM 1.12 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Greymouth, New Zealand which is 6 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Rapahoe. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's Rapahoe sea temperature is 14.6 °C (Statistics for 05 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 13.6 max: 15.1 min: 12.2 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 149mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Tue night, min 5°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Cool air temperatures (max 12°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Fri morning, calm by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | heavy rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | 38 | 36 | 9 | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
| Low °C | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
| Sunrise | 7:56 | - | - | 7:58 | - | - | 7:58 | - | - | 7:58 | - | - | 8:00 | - | - | 8:00 | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | 17:08 | - | - | 17:08 | - | - | 17:07 | - | - | 17:07 | - | - | 17:07 | - | - | 17:07 | - | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rapahoe surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for Rapahoe at:
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Information about the Rapahoe Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for Rapahoe provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at Rapahoe can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our Rapahoe surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (Rapahoe) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for Rapahoe may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
Rapahoe is 175 km (109 miles) from the city of Christchurch. If you plan a holiday in West Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Christchurch. Christchurch has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
