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Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 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 5AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.4
W
1.4
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.2
W
2.3
NW
3
NW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
NW
Period(s) (?)1213131312121212161515151488999899101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22018914714517256552221228026342241140049651655950523571911722226285932263197
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NNE
30
N
30
NW
25
NW
20
W
10
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
1.94
4:32PM
1.95
4:57AM
1.84
5:23PM
1.84
5:48AM
1.76
6:19PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.38
10:19AM
0.47
10:49PM
0.50
11:07AM
0.58
11:38PM
0.61
12:01PM
0.68
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---6:11-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset-------9:28-------9:28-------9:27
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
182714123----1415263111215191021119
Temp. °C141616171717181615131212131617181818181818151515
Feels °C (?)13161518171615141512109111517181716141516121413
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