
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Graveyards today (08 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 10PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Graveyards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue night, fresh winds from the SW by Thu afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
341 | 759 | 605 | 509 | 429 | 313 | 280 | 353 | 531 | 597 | 650 | 711 | 508 | 839 | 743 | 659 | 505 | 1433 | 1379 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:43PM2.93m | 8:09AM2.88m | 8:33PM3.14m | 8:56AM3.06m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:58AM0.38m | 2:17PM0.28m | 2:47AM0.17m | 3:04PM0.11m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 |
Feels °C | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 16 | WSW 8 |
296 | 759 | 605 | 509 | 429 | 313 | 280 | 353 | 531 | 597 | 650 | 711 | 508 | 839 | 743 | 659 | 234 | 1433 | 748 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 | WSW 19 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 20 | WSW 16 |
341 | 120 | 102 | 84 | 74 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 218 | 298 | 292 | 257 | 360 | 443 | 433 | 422 | 505 | 584 | 1379 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 9 | W 22 | WSW 22 | WSW 22 | W 10 | WSW 21 | W 10 | WSW 21 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WSW 15 | WNW 8 | WSW 24 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 20 | WSW 20 |
129 | 37 | 48 | 47 | 32 | 150 | 44 | 168 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 108 | 156 | 236 | 441 | 1032 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | — | — | SE 3 | SE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | WNW 4 | W 5 | W 6 | NW 8 | WNW 6 | W 6 | WSW 7 | SSE 6 |
3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 44 | 164 | 2 | 170 | 202 | 469 | 95 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 113 | 31 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 113 | 175 | 14 |
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