Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
14.9°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 (07 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 2PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (07 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (07 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Mon morning, light winds from the W by Wed morning).

Monday
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
N
6
1.4
N
6
1.5
N
7
1.4
N
7
2
NNW
8
1.1
N
8
1
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.6
NNE
8
0.6
NNE
8
0.6
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
16
0.4
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
156
208
210
502
138
111
90
76
84
41
48
45
31
21
20
9
9
21
21
22
24
21
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
2:10AM1.66m
2:54PM1.72m
3:17AM1.65m
3:58PM1.76m
4:22AM1.68m
4:59PM1.81m
Low Tide
8:31AM0.24m
9:10PM0.35m
9:35AM0.23m
10:16PM0.31m
10:38AM0.20m
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light rain
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light rain
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light rain
part cloud
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clear
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clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
6:01
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
16
16
15
13
12
12
11
11
11
14
15
12
10
9
9
9
12
14
14
12
10
Feels °C
11
12
12
12
12
10
10
10
9
9
9
11
11
8
6
6
7
6
10
11
11
9
7
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