Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 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
17.0° C
(Which is 2.1°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 5AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
!
!
!
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0
!
3
4
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
2.2
WNW
2.4
NW
2.5
WNW
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
2.1
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)99101011111212121212121213138910101010121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)985153321432650301930133347313825952104179715471333118116248251079963740569919161021282128
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
5
S
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
20
W
5
SW
0
ESE
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49PM
2.03
10:02AM
2.15
10:28PM
2.15
10:43AM
2.25
11:08PM
2.23
11:25AM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
0.19
4:16PM
0.08
4:34AM
0.10
4:56PM
0.02
5:15AM
0.05
5:38PM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----7:18-------7:18-------7:20---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:07-------6:05
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
4322111-----3111412107213323
Temp. °C121010101012121110101011111215161514131212131312
Feels °C (?)6344365668887811111011121111121111
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