Haast Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.86° S 169.01° E

Haast Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Haast Beach sea temperature is
13.0° C
1.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Haast Beach today (10 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 12AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Aug)--
Afternoon (10 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (10 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the ENE by Wed morning).

Sun
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
3 PM
6 PM
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)
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
N
9
1.1
WSW
16
1.1
WSW
16
1
WSW
15
1
WSW
15
1
WSW
14
1
WSW
14
1
WSW
14
1
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
1.1
W
13
1
W
13
0.8
WSW
13
0.5
WSW
19
0.5
W
18
0.6
WSW
13
0.7
WSW
18
0.6
WSW
18
0.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
325
575
554
434
411
400
394
389
357
342
427
350
189
203
173
125
322
240
153
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
N
5
W
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:08PM1.88m
8:42AM1.94m
9:13PM2.02m
9:44AM2.05m
Low Tide
1:50PM0.53m
2:27AM0.43m
3:00PM0.42m
3:29AM0.29m
3:58PM0.29m
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:47
7:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
5:52
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
11
12
11
10
10
9
8
9
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
6
7
8
7
8
8
9
10
11
10
9
8
6
5
6
7
7
7
7
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