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: 5 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Bethell's Beach / Te Henga sea temperature is
14.7° C
0.3° 

How big are the waves at Bethell's Beach / Te Henga today (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bethell's Beach / Te Henga at 8AM is: 1.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (11 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (11 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon morning, min 8°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
12 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.1
SW
18
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
15
1.5
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.4
WSW
15
1.3
WSW
14
1.3
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1.1
SW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
14
0.8
WSW
13
0.7
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1420
1300
967
881
821
711
1425
1486
1390
1373
1356
1112
1083
1014
818
807
701
638
553
463
328
318
229
183
Wind (km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SE
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
5:56AM2.44m
6:39PM2.54m
7:04AM2.52m
7:42PM2.69m
8:06AM2.64m
8:39PM2.86m
Low Tide
12:18PM0.41m
00:54AM0.48m
1:21PM0.31m
1:57AM0.33m
2:20PM0.18m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
7:33
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:21
5:22
5:22
5:22
 mm
1
Temp °C
9
8
8
11
12
11
9
9
9
8
9
12
13
12
11
11
11
12
12
14
14
13
12
11
Feels °C
6
5
5
8
9
8
6
6
7
5
6
9
11
9
8
8
8
9
9
10
11
11
8
7
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