Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
15.9° C
0.4° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 10AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (08 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
12 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ENE
7
1.5
E
7
1.4
SE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1
E
7
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
10
1
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
1.3
ESE
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.1
SE
7
1.2
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.6
SE
7
1.3
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
0.6
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
191
238
133
140
94
273
228
192
156
156
158
121
121
346
149
153
114
135
381
325
233
126
136
75
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
00:04AM1.70m
12:35PM1.58m
00:52AM1.70m
1:29PM1.61m
1:45AM1.70m
2:28PM1.66m
Low Tide
6:30AM0.29m
6:43PM0.37m
7:18AM0.26m
7:37PM0.38m
8:11AM0.23m
8:36PM0.37m
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:28
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:14
5:14
5:15
5:15
 mm
2
2
Temp °C
14
13
12
14
15
12
11
10
10
9
11
13
12
12
12
11
9
7
8
11
12
11
9
8
Feels °C
9
8
8
11
13
9
8
7
7
5
7
8
5
5
4
4
3
2
3
5
7
7
5
4
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