Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.93° N 14.34° E

Golden Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Golden Bay sea temperature is
22.7°C
0.7° 

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


How big are the waves at Golden Bay today (04 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Golden Bay at 12AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)--
Afternoon (04 Nov)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (04 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue night, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, calm by Wed afternoon).

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
4 PM
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10 PM
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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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WNW
7
1.6
WNW
7
1.3
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
0.8
WNW
5
0.7
WNW
5
0.5
WNW
6
0.4
WNW
6
0.3
WNW
6
0.2
WNW
6
0.2
WNW
5
0.2
W
4
0.2
W
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.2
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
0.4
S
5
0.5
E
5
0.4
S
4
0.5
ENE
5
0.4
ENE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
299
216
122
70
34
19
21
14
6
3
3
1
2
2
2
0
0
7
0
6
0
0
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:58PM0.16m
12:13PM0.15m
00:35AM0.18m
12:45PM0.16m
1:06AM0.19m
Low Tide
5:44PM0.05m
6:10AM0.04m
6:17PM0.03m
6:48AM0.03m
6:47PM0.02m
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Temp °C
19
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Feels °C
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