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Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 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
17.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Haast Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 10PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)--
Afternoon (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
1.2
W
1.3
WNW
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)1817161616161515156778989910121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12011210222319313789865511515720334150965592814681955257822392189194218501834
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
ENE
0
N
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
5
ENE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
5
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
0
W
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
2.17
1:18PM
2.25
1:41AM
2.18
1:55PM
2.25
2:18AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55PM
0.21
7:11AM
0.21
7:31PM
0.16
7:46AM
0.19
8:09PM
0.16
8:24AM
0.21
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-
Sunset-8:49-------8:46-------8:45------
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-11132111141711--------
Temp. °C171716151515151515151414131313141514121110101214
Feels °C (?)171717161514131516131312128887767771112
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