Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.2° 

Hot Water 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 Hot Water Beach today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 6AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (27 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (27 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
27
Monday
28
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.2
E
15
0.3
E
14
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
8
0.5
N
8
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
12
0.2
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
28
27
27
26
26
18
37
44
45
33
31
30
29
28
27
12
Wind (km/h)
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:24PM1.74m
6:49AM1.70m
7:07PM1.80m
7:33AM1.77m
7:49PM1.84m
Low Tide
00:43AM0.24m
12:59PM0.25m
1:26AM0.16m
1:44PM0.20m
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light rain
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clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
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Temp °C
13
13
13
14
15
17
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15
10
10
9
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12
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Feels °C
10
10
9
10
11
11
11
9
5
5
5
5
7
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7
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