Aurora Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.09° S 177.96° E

Aurora Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Aurora Point sea temperature is
12.8°C
1.1° 

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 (15 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Aurora Point at 11PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SW 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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
1
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
10
1
SE
11
1
SE
11
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
ESE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
325
275
217
207
176
176
172
159
132
126
154
255
224
178
171
122
113
86
75
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
E
15
E
15
NE
5
NNE
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:00PM1.49m
9:26AM1.49m
9:46PM1.44m
10:12AM1.45m
Low Tide
3:17AM0.14m
3:42PM0.19m
4:02AM0.19m
4:28PM0.24m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
5:59
 mm
Temp °C
12
12
13
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
14
12
11
11
13
17
16
15
14
Feels °C
7
6
9
10
10
11
11
10
9
10
13
9
8
7
8
11
11
9
9
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