Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 20 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121111111111161514131313121212181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1861751138156554542242423256454816999625783576360100
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
2.23
1:22AM
2.18
1:54PM
2.12
2:18AM
2.08
2:58PM
1.99
3:23AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.11
7:11PM
0.19
7:35AM
0.22
8:05PM
0.33
8:36AM
0.35
9:06PM
0.48
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------
Sunset---6:01-------6:00------5:59-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10131411987679119766561112107777
Feels °C (?)489632102674222028973444
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