Himatangi Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.39° S 175.23° E

Himatangi Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Himatangi Beach sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.6° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 7s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Himatangi Beach at 11PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (05 Sep)10ft (3.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 9°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Sat night, calm by Tue morning).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WNW
8
2.5
WNW
7
3
WNW
7
3
WNW
8
2.5
WNW
8
2.2
WNW
7
2.1
WNW
7
2
WNW
7
2.1
WNW
8
2.1
WNW
8
2.5
WNW
8
2.4
WNW
9
2
WNW
9
1.8
WNW
9
1.5
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
1.1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
1
WNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
960
615
813
893
760
498
418
373
469
541
869
887
608
493
360
262
184
158
164
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
5
NNE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:30PM1.95m
4:12AM1.91m
5:08PM1.97m
5:39AM1.94m
6:24PM2.09m
Low Tide
10:35PM0.75m
11:10AM0.74m
00:05AM0.72m
12:40PM0.66m
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part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
2
6
7
10
7
2
4
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
15
16
14
14
14
14
14
9
9
9
9
9
Feels °C
7
7
6
7
8
8
7
10
11
8
10
11
12
14
5
5
5
4
4
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