Haast Beach surf break

Haast Beach surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 06 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
16.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Haast Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 12PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.6
N
1.8
N
1.9
N
1.9
N
1.9
N
2.2
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
1.8
N
0.4
WSW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
Period(s) (?)1313131299101010101010101010101013988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)461361285220325441480484625696682682911799832838589686767179268253260
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
15
NE
10
SE
10
ESE
30
ENE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
10
NW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrossonglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
1.96
1:32PM
1.89
1:45AM
1.86
2:12PM
1.78
2:26AM
1.76
3:00PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.38
7:41PM
0.44
7:58AM
0.48
8:21PM
0.54
8:42AM
0.58
9:08PM
0.64
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----6:25-------6:23-------6:22--
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------1125239168111
Temp. °C141416181817161515171718181514141515141516151414
Feels °C (?)111113171616141312141517161313131013111115151313
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