Surf-Forecast | Gnarlies Surf Guide

Lat Long: 41.57° S 175.44° E

Issued: 6 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Gnarlies sea temperature is

13.9°C

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

Gnarlies Surf Guide

Gnarlies in The Wairarapa is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds blow from the northwest and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Able to handle light onshore wind Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the east. There is no reef break. Rarely crowded here. Watch out for rips, rocks, seals.

Gnarlies Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	3	fairly consistent	13.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Gnarlies:

The best conditions reported for surf at Gnarlies occur when a East swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Gnarlies Location Map

Interactive Gnarlies surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Gnarlies Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Thursday, 5 November 2026, 09:39 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 05
ft, °F	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off

Tides at Gnarlies

Current tide and informaton

For Dolphin Bay, 0 km from Gnarlies.

Next High Water: 02:33pm | 1.42m

Next Low Water: 08:52pm | 0.1m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Gnarlies Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feels like 22.0 °C) at Gnarlies, yet the sea remains several degrees colder than the air. Most surfers will need a spring wetsuit though a summer suit or even a shorty may suffice for a short session.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite