Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.09° S 177.96° E

Aurora Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Aurora Point sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Aurora Point today (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 9PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (01 Oct)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Aurora Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri night, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
0
1
3
2
2
2
3
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.4
SSE
13
1.3
S
13
1.2
S
13
1.1
S
13
1.1
S
13
1.2
S
14
1.1
S
14
1.1
S
12
0.6
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.4
S
15
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
15
0.1
E
16
0.2
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1018
905
812
700
582
490
402
408
529
467
365
178
122
112
106
83
127
129
163
5
10
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
10
SE
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SSE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
W
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
30
SSE
35
S
40
SSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
9:59AM1.59m
10:21PM1.53m
10:50AM1.60m
11:14PM1.52m
11:44AM1.59m
Low Tide
4:18PM0.11m
4:39AM0.08m
5:11PM0.11m
5:31AM0.09m
6:05PM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
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6:43
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6:41
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2
8
2
Temp °C
12
14
14
14
15
14
12
10
10
13
14
16
18
14
13
11
12
13
11
10
11
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
14
12
9
8
8
10
9
12
16
11
9
7
8
10
5
3
2
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