Graveyards Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.19° S 173.79° E

Graveyards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 19s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 18s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 17s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Graveyards at 4AM is: 3.5m 19s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)19s
Afternoon (11 Sep)13ft (4.0m)18s
Evening (11 Sep)15ft (4.5m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, strong winds from the SW by Sat morning).

Friday
11
Saturday
12
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)
4
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0
0
0
0
0
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0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
3
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
19
3.5
WSW
18
4
WSW
18
4
WSW
18
4.5
WSW
17
5
WSW
17
5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
10
5
WSW
10
5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
16
4.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1379
3484
7074
8018
8276
8685
8907
10406
12846
14133
4827
4237
4937
11846
4761
10186
9329
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:16PM3.29m
9:38AM3.19m
9:56PM3.36m
10:17AM3.25m
Low Tide
3:31AM0.02m
3:46PM0.02m
4:11AM-0.05m
4:26PM-0.00m
light rain
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clear
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
 mm
1
Temp °C
10
10
8
8
11
12
13
13
12
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
Feels °C
4
4
3
3
8
6
6
7
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
5
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