Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.93° N 14.34° E

Golden Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Golden Bay sea temperature is
22.9°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 (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Golden Bay at 2PM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (01 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (01 Nov)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun night, min 18°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the W on Mon morning, light winds from the WNW by Tue night).

Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
4
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.4
W
3
0.4
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.8
W
5
1.1
W
5
1.8
W
6
2.5
W
7
2.5
W
7
2.5
WNW
7
3
WNW
8
3.5
WNW
9
4
WNW
10
4
WNW
10
3.5
WNW
9
3
WNW
9
2.5
WNW
8
2.1
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
6
1.3
WNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
1
1
3
4
8
18
27
53
200
613
698
764
1164
2147
2989
2730
1931
1261
746
403
216
104
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
35
WSW
50
WSW
60
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
W
50
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:10AM0.13m
9:22PM0.11m
10:29AM0.13m
11:09PM0.13m
11:33AM0.14m
Low Tide
3:22PM0.09m
3:45AM0.08m
5:03PM0.07m
5:20AM0.06m
5:44PM0.05m
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rain showers
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
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light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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6:24
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6:26
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5:07
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5:06
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 mm
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1
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1
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1
3
1
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Temp °C
19
19
19
19
19
19
20
19
19
20
19
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
Feels °C
17
17
16
15
15
15
16
15
13
11
8
8
8
7
8
9
9
10
11
11
13
14
15
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