Horseshoe Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.59° S 178.30° E

Issued: 12 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Horseshoe Bay sea temperature is

14.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today (07 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 8AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	9s
Evening (07 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	10s

Table - waves today at Horseshoe Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 7								Thursday 8								Friday 9
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	257	294	364	615	893	1102	1356	1249	941	719	617	375	397	323	172	120	115	95	78	84	69	57	58	55
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		3:54AM1.89m					4:38PM2.02m				5:00AM1.88m				5:35PM2.03m				6:01AM1.92m				6:28PM2.03m
Low Tide					10:15AM0.53m				10:58PM0.54m				11:16AM0.52m				11:56PM0.49m				12:14PM0.51m


	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:16	—
mm	1	1	4	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	12	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	16	16	16	14	14
Feels °C	10	10	9	10	12	16	15	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	257	294	364	615	893	1102	1356	1249	941	719	617	375	397	323	172	120	115	95	78	84	69	57	57	55
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	N 13	N 12	N 12	NW 12	W 5	W 5	WNW 5	WNW 5	NW 6	ESE 8	WNW 5	WNW 4	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11
kJ	3	3	3	3	3	6	4	11	7	15	8	109	7	4	43	54	31	29	35	14	14	28	12	11
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	N 13	N 12	SE 9	—	—	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	W 5	WNW 5	SE 10	N 13	WNW 4	WNW 4	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	SE 16
kJ	6	3	3	3	—	—	3	3	3	3	7	15	4	3	2	1	25	25	13	2	2	2	2	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SE 9	SSW 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	—	—	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	52	54	32	41	53	41	40	47	24	38	47	58	49
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	8	0	28	28	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	28	33	33	33
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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