Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haast Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 12PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)1111111110109998778910101010101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7397015174342842191349958615778157299402411532411602589724580507524
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
WSW
10
S
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglasscross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
1.58
5:13PM
1.55
5:43AM
1.56
6:24PM
1.57
6:55AM
1.62
7:28PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
0.72
11:24PM
0.73
12:09PM
0.70
12:39AM
0.69
1:15PM
0.60
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise--7:09-------7:11-------7:13-----
Sunset-----6:19-------6:16-------6:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121011141413121211111316161513141415161616161515
Feels °C (?)11910131313111088101313139101011131416161414
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