Bethell's Beach / Te Henga Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.89° S 174.45° E

Bethell's Beach / Te Henga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bethell's Beach / Te Henga sea temperature is
16.8°C
1.5° 

How big are the waves at Bethell's Beach / Te Henga today (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 12s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Bethell's Beach / Te Henga at 3PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (27 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (27 Oct)7ft (2.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Bethell's Beach / Te Henga. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Tue night, fresh winds from the W by Thu afternoon).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
7
2.1
WNW
8
2.3
W
12
2.2
W
12
2.2
WSW
12
1.8
W
12
1.3
W
11
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
11
1.4
SW
10
1.4
SW
10
1.2
SW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
13
2.1
W
7
1.9
W
8
1.9
W
8
2
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
W
8
3
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
343
563
1480
1486
1316
911
381
711
568
437
392
347
403
590
452
441
435
489
875
1133
1374
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
30
WNW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
35
WNW
40
W
35
W
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
10:50AM2.99m
11:07PM2.95m
11:32AM3.01m
11:51PM2.89m
12:17PM2.96m
Low Tide
5:01PM0.04m
5:21AM-0.05m
5:46PM0.05m
6:05AM0.02m
6:34PM0.13m
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
7:49
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:50
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:51
—
 mm
1
3
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
14
13
13
14
15
16
16
15
14
Feels °C
13
13
9
9
8
9
9
10
10
11
9
10
9
8
8
9
10
10
9
9
9
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Bethell's Beach / Te Henga surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest