Anaura Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.23° S 178.31° E

Anaura Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Anaura Bay sea temperature is
14.5° C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Anaura Bay today (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Anaura Bay at 9PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)13ft (4.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Anaura Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu afternoon, min 3°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
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4
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
10
3.5
S
11
4
S
12
4
S
12
4.5
S
11
5
S
12
5
S
12
4.5
S
12
4
S
12
3.5
S
12
3.5
S
12
4
S
12
3.5
S
12
3.5
S
12
3
S
12
3
S
11
2.4
SSE
11
2
S
11
1.6
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1448
2864
3945
3887
4639
6981
6692
5401
4487
3781
3413
4012
3541
3167
2546
2034
1292
969
634
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:13PM1.51m
10:41AM1.45m
10:59PM1.51m
11:30AM1.47m
Low Tide
4:36AM0.19m
4:54PM0.24m
5:22AM0.18m
5:44PM0.24m
rain showers
light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:21
5:22
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
8
6
5
3
3
5
7
8
6
7
7
6
6
6
7
9
11
8
6
Feels °C
2
-1
-2
-3
-4
-3
-1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
4
6
4
2
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