Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
15.9° C
0.5° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 11PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (09 Jul)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Sun morning).

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
E
10
0.9
E
10
1.2
SE
7
0.9
E
9
1.3
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
0.7
E
10
0.9
ESE
7
1.4
SE
6
1.5
ESE
10
1.6
ESE
10
1.1
E
10
1.5
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.7
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
122
156
131
137
155
164
89
88
139
430
480
226
437
394
96
96
94
68
115
85
81
61
61
85
Wind (km/h)
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:29PM1.61m
1:45AM1.70m
2:28PM1.66m
2:44AM1.71m
3:28PM1.72m
3:45AM1.74m
Low Tide
7:37PM0.38m
8:11AM0.23m
8:36PM0.37m
9:08AM0.19m
9:38PM0.34m
10:07AM0.15m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:14
5:15
5:15
5:15
 mm
Temp °C
13
12
12
12
11
9
9
12
12
10
9
8
7
7
8
11
11
10
11
10
10
10
10
12
Feels °C
6
4
4
5
4
3
3
6
7
6
5
4
3
3
4
7
7
6
8
7
7
7
7
9
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