Graveyards Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.19° S 173.79° E

Graveyards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Graveyards sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Graveyards today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 17s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 5AM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun night, min 10°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
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!
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
5
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6374
6144
6568
6568
6887
7135
7138
4715
4600
4213
4327
3703
3144
2427
1600
1114
874
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
45
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
WSW
0
SSW
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
High Tide
4:30AM2.45m
5:21PM2.56m
6:00AM2.50m
6:41PM2.72m
Low Tide
10:22PM0.84m
10:58AM0.77m
11:46PM0.78m
12:17PM0.67m
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
2
3
3
2
7
3
3
2
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
12
10
Feels °C
8
10
10
10
8
8
8
8
10
9
8
11
11
13
14
9
6
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