Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Airport Rights today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Airport Rights at 12AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Airport Rights. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Wed morning, light winds from the NW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 81 | 65 | 41 | 37 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 41 | 43 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 66 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:22PM1.59m | 8:44AM1.64m | 9:11PM1.58m | 9:31AM1.63m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:16PM0.63m | 2:35AM0.69m | 3:10PM0.66m | 3:22AM0.70m | 3:59PM0.68m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSW 9 | SSW 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | NW 6 |
| kJ | 81 | 65 | 39 | 37 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 41 | 43 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 38 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SE 8 | SSW 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SE 10 |
| kJ | 49 | 60 | 41 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 41 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 23 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SSW 7 | NW 8 |
| kJ | 39 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 4 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 5 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 | SSW 6 |
| kJ | 43 | 41 | 50 | 66 | 130 | 236 | 299 | 325 | 412 | 439 | 320 | 205 | 110 | 119 | 129 | 122 | 258 | 322 | 66 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 77 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 63 | 58 | 60 | 53 | 53 | 63 | 53 | 58 |
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