Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Issued: 6 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is

16.5°C

Hot Water Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Hot Water Beach today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 3PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 6							Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	!	0	!	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	84	84	69	59	57	79	47	49	93	103	106	156	120	326	196	188	163	139	125	96	93	77	75	63	63	63
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	N	NW	N	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-on
High Tide		4:57AM1.63m				5:16PM1.72m				5:52AM1.67m				6:07PM1.72m				6:42AM1.71m				6:55PM1.71m
Low Tide				11:03AM0.34m				11:37PM0.23m				11:59AM0.34m				00:27AM0.21m				12:50PM0.33m					1:12AM0.20m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	7:57
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	2	4	4	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	19	21	21	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	18	16	15	15	15	18	20	20	19	17	16	15	15
Feels °C	18	18	19	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	17	17	15	16	14	14	14	14	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	N 15	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 15	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	84	84	69	59	57	79	47	49	4	103	106	94	21	175	196	188	163	139	125	96	93	77	75	63	63	63
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NNE 15	N 15	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 15	NNE 16	NE 16	N 16	N 16	N 13	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14
kJ	5	5	5	5	5	5	23	4	2	2	4	4	17	24	10	5	5	3	19	20	20	20	20	21	20	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 18	N 15	—	N 11	E 12	E 12	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 16	N 14	N 14	E 10	E 11	N 14	N 14	N 14	N 14
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	4	—	2	3	3	3	4	3	5	15	35	2	2	37	37	37	36
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	N 3	N 3	N 6	N 5	N 5	NNE 6	—	—	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 7	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 7	N 7	N 7	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	3	38	15	30	93	—	—	156	120	326	—	—	—	—	—	62	91	59	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	41	103	0	36	0	113	0	123	275	103	98	13	8	0	0	0	28	13	13	0	0	0	20
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1		1	1	1		2					2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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