Himatangi Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.39° S 175.23° E

Himatangi Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Himatangi Beach sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.7° 

Himatangi 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 Himatangi Beach today (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Himatangi Beach at 8AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (24 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (24 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat night, min 5°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Sat night).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
W
16
0.6
W
16
0.5
W
16
0.5
W
16
0.5
W
15
0.5
W
15
1.1
WNW
6
1.1
WNW
6
1.1
WNW
7
1
WNW
7
0.9
WNW
7
0.8
WNW
7
0.7
W
7
0.6
W
7
0.7
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
1
W
6
0.9
WNW
6
1
WNW
6
1
WNW
5
1.1
WNW
5
2.2
WNW
7
3
WNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
188
186
127
124
116
113
77
108
128
108
82
63
45
34
44
82
76
64
73
44
56
485
1113
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
W
5
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:47AM2.00m
8:00PM2.16m
8:26AM2.14m
8:37PM2.29m
9:02AM2.26m
Low Tide
2:20AM0.48m
2:36PM0.41m
2:57AM0.32m
3:13PM0.27m
3:32AM0.19m
3:48PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:16
6:17
6:19
 mm
1
2
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
6
5
5
9
10
11
10
8
8
7
8
12
12
11
11
10
10
10
11
13
12
13
13
Feels °C
3
1
2
6
5
7
7
5
6
5
6
9
8
9
9
7
7
8
8
8
7
8
7
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