Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 11 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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.7°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 3AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (12 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.4
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010111111111216151414131399121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3784714904615243927095355245245156308851265286427652662232321908781037253428352322
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
WNW
5
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
10
ENE
10
NW
10
W
10
W
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
5
N
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossonglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
1.57
6:55AM
1.62
7:28PM
1.64
7:53AM
1.74
8:21PM
1.76
8:40AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
0.69
1:15PM
0.60
1:42AM
0.58
2:09PM
0.47
2:32AM
0.45
2:55PM
0.32
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----7:13-------7:13-------7:15---
Sunset-------6:15-------6:13-------6:12
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----111------31097438421
Temp. °C131314151515151515131414141512111211111111121212
Feels °C (?)10910111212141415121414131289109998101110
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