Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 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
16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haast Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 3PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (26 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)14131313131313131212121313131313131313121212128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)580796100239639088895774062861863967071372473563253842434527121320612592
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
W
10
W
5
W
0
ESE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
NNE
10
N
5
NW
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
1.77
7:52PM
1.79
8:30AM
1.82
9:06PM
1.85
9:39AM
1.93
10:09PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
0.60
2:10AM
0.63
2:51PM
0.53
3:24AM
0.54
3:56PM
0.41
4:24AM
0.41
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise--------7:18-------7:18-------
Sunset---8:36-------8:34-------8:31----
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
34111---------------------
Temp. °C161616151513121215171716141414131617161614131211
Feels °C (?)1515161516129913151515131312121616151514121210
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