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Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
17.0° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 10AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
2
2
3
1
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
3
NW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1.8
WSW
2.1
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)8910111111111111111212111011111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3221227238629273389292426982410155611899281167621709524727564408338268179220230234
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNE
35
NW
15
W
10
WNW
20
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
1.76
6:19PM
1.76
6:45AM
1.71
7:19PM
1.73
7:47AM
1.70
8:19PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01PM
0.68
12:31AM
0.70
1:02PM
0.75
1:30AM
0.76
2:05PM
0.78
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-6:13-------6:15-------6:16------
Sunset-----9:27-------9:27-------9:25--
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11231391151--------------1--
Temp. °C171817151514131211111315151512121212141414141413
Feels °C (?)12141614121197778910119101111131212131413
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