Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
17.6°C
1.0° 

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 (10 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 4PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (10 Nov)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (10 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Tue night, light winds from the WNW by Wed night).

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
NNE
6
1.4
NE
6
1.5
NNE
6
1.6
NNE
7
1.6
NNE
7
1.7
NNE
7
2
NNE
7
1.8
NNE
7
2.1
N
8
1.9
N
8
0.9
N
8
1.2
NNW
8
1.2
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
7
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1
NE
8
1.1
NE
9
1
NE
9
0.9
NE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
128
162
193
229
229
277
404
349
513
424
90
151
139
119
127
134
143
131
116
172
152
126
129
123
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:11AM1.77m
8:22PM1.70m
8:52AM1.78m
9:04PM1.69m
9:33AM1.77m
9:45PM1.66m
Low Tide
2:22PM0.31m
2:37AM0.19m
3:05PM0.32m
3:18AM0.21m
3:47PM0.33m
3:59AM0.24m
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:03
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6:00
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7:58
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7:59
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8:00
 mm
4
3
6
6
5
5
7
1
1
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Temp °C
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
20
21
21
19
16
15
15
15
19
21
22
20
16
15
14
14
Feels °C
15
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
19
17
18
17
15
14
15
15
18
19
18
18
15
14
13
13
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