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Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Haast Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Haast Beach sea temperature is
16.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Haast Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 10AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
WNW
2
WSW
2.2
W
1.6
W
1.3
NW
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)1111121111101111111010101010101010101010991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1654164710541256621374524649564408338282179183230234230194194183171139148163
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassglassglassoncross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
1.71
7:19PM
1.73
7:47AM
1.70
8:19PM
1.73
8:49AM
1.74
9:16PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.75
1:30AM
0.76
2:05PM
0.78
2:33AM
0.78
3:05PM
0.77
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----9:27-------9:25-------9:25--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121213151514121212111314141413131212151516161413
Feels °C (?)87891099101191213131312121111141415151312
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