Haast Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.86° S 169.01° E

Haast Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 11 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Haast Beach sea temperature is
12.6°C
0.6° 

Haast Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Haast Beach today (11 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 17s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Haast Beach at 1PM is: 2.5m 17s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 5.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)8ft (2.5m)17s
Afternoon (11 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (11 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 12°C on Sun morning, min 5°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
5
5
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
0
!
4
4
2
4
4
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WSW
18
3
WSW
18
2.5
W
17
2.5
W
17
3
W
16
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
15
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
16
3
W
16
3.5
W
16
3.5
W
16
3
W
16
2.5
W
16
1.7
WSW
16
1.6
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5152
4594
4114
3683
4456
5254
6418
6093
6034
5615
5384
5200
5983
5983
4701
3605
1503
1255
1082
1121
1107
1093
1079
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:03AM2.16m
11:21PM2.25m
11:43AM2.17m
00:00AM2.23m
12:20PM2.14m
Low Tide
4:53AM0.07m
5:11PM0.08m
5:33AM0.04m
5:50PM0.07m
6:12AM0.07m
6:28PM0.11m
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:27
6:28
6:30
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
4
5
7
8
8
10
8
7
6
5
7
10
11
9
8
8
9
9
10
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
1
2
5
7
5
5
1
0
0
0
3
4
4
3
5
5
5
6
8
9
8
8
9
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Haast Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest