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Anatori River Surf Photo: 'Winter dawn at Sandhills' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.70° S 172.37° E

Issued: 11 pm 02 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Anatori River sea temperature is

14.6° C

Slightly warmer than usual

Anatori River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	E	WSW	NE
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

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	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE		WSW	E
	12 s	glass		12 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	ESE	WSW	E
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	E	WSW	NNW
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	E	WSW	NW
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	ESE	WSW	NE
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	ESE	WSW	NE
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	ESE	WSW	SW
	12 s	off	5 s	12 s	2 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE		WSW	E
	11 s	glass		11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW		WSW	E
	11 s	cross		11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW		WSW	E
	11 s	cross		11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW	SW	WSW	E
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	S	SSW	WSW	E
	11 s	cross- off	2 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSE	SE	WSW	WSW
	11 s	glass	2 s	11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SSE	WSW	WSW
	14 s	glass	2 s	11 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Anatori River around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 20 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 2.4m (7.8 ft). Range 3.95m (13.0 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Anatori River Surf Photo: 'Winter dawn at Sandhills' by Rob Davies

An unusually cold morning on the west coast with frost on my tent. Light offshore winds and sets that were well overhead on the reef at Sandills, about 300m to the right of this high tide beach break.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 7:39 am 10 Aug 2015