Awana Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.21° S 175.48° E

Awana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Awana sea temperature is
15.5° C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Awana today (16 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 5s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Awana at 10AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (16 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Mainly near gales.

Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
0.8
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
8
0.8
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
5
2.5
ESE
7
3
SE
7
3
ESE
8
2.5
ESE
9
2.3
ESE
9
2
ESE
9
1.7
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
9
1
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.9
ESE
9
0.8
ESE
9
0.6
ESE
10
0.5
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
230
190
156
86
82
80
150
635
868
1043
1058
943
595
404
223
227
189
166
140
116
103
72
39
Wind (km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
10
SW
20
SE
50
SSE
55
SE
60
SSE
50
S
45
SSE
35
SSE
25
S
30
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:23AM2.06m
9:45PM2.16m
10:11AM2.02m
10:30PM2.07m
10:58AM1.96m
Low Tide
3:20AM0.06m
3:35PM0.10m
4:06AM0.09m
4:22PM0.17m
4:50AM0.15m
5:09PM0.27m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:45
5:45
5:46
 mm
3
10
4
10
11
3
Temp °C
14
14
13
14
13
12
11
11
9
9
10
10
11
12
11
10
9
10
10
9
10
12
11
Feels °C
7
7
6
9
10
7
1
0
-3
-2
0
2
4
4
2
0
0
2
3
1
3
6
2
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