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Herbertville Surf Photo: 'Vast expanse of sand at Herbertville' by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 40.50° S 176.59° E

Issued: 11 pm 24 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Herbertville sea temperature is

13.5° C

Normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NE	SSW	NE
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NNE	SSW	NE
	13 s	off	4 s	13 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 20 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	W	WNW	NE	SSW
	12 s	cross- off	2 s	5 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WNW	W	NE	SSW
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	5 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WNW	W	SSW	NE
	11 s	cross- off	3 s	11 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WNW	W	SSW	NE
	11 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	NE
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	NE
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	NE
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	11 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	10 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 October at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	10 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	10 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	10 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	10 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	17 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WNW	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	4 s	cross- off	4 s	17 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	W	WNW	W	SSW	SSW
	5 s	cross- off	5 s	17 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 October at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Herbertville around the time the photo was taken

Image captured One hour and 23 minutes before high water (rising spring tide). Tide height was 1.3m (4.2 ft). Range 1.85m (6.1 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Herbertville Surf Photo: 'Vast expanse of sand at Herbertville' by Rob Davies

Enormous beach south of Cape Turnagain that picks up the last remnants of south and east swells. The wind dropped light offshore after a day of gale force offshores and the waves were about waist-high.

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User: Rob Davies (1346 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2470 photos)

Photo taken at: 6:42 pm 21 Oct 2013

Janet Hollow
This is a stunning photo of a most amazing place. If you want to get off the merry-go-round of the world and it's madness, then Herbertville is the place to go as this photo surely shows.