Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.3° 

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 2AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.7
N
5
0.7
N
5
0.8
N
5
1.1
NNE
6
1.6
NNE
7
2.5
N
8
1.8
NNE
8
2.5
NNE
8
1.7
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.5
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
23
23
14
14
14
23
25
37
92
223
796
466
865
400
322
311
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
0
NE
15
SSE
15
SW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:28PM1.72m
10:58AM1.70m
11:12PM1.64m
11:44AM1.63m
Low Tide
4:45AM0.23m
5:09PM0.36m
5:28AM0.31m
5:55PM0.43m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:08
 mm
1
1
4
6
1
2
1
Temp °C
10
10
10
12
15
16
16
15
14
14
14
13
14
14
15
13
12
Feels °C
8
8
8
10
12
12
12
12
11
10
9
10
12
11
15
11
10
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