Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 12PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Mon morning, light winds from the W by Tue morning).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
1
!
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
9
1.4
N
6
1.6
N
6
2.2
NNW
8
1.9
NNW
8
1.1
N
8
1
N
8
1.4
N
7
1.2
N
8
0.9
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
9
9
8
8
8
8
3
3
146
209
531
452
146
114
181
163
108
90
66
46
22
22
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
S
15
S
10
WSW
5
W
15
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:06AM1.68m
1:49PM1.71m
2:10AM1.66m
2:54PM1.72m
3:17AM1.65m
3:58PM1.76m
Low Tide
7:29AM0.23m
8:04PM0.36m
8:31AM0.24m
9:10PM0.35m
9:35AM0.23m
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:28
6:28
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5:59
6:00
6:00
 mm
1
2
1
1
7
3
Temp °C
10
10
13
16
16
14
13
15
15
16
16
16
15
14
12
12
12
11
12
15
15
13
10
Feels °C
8
8
10
12
12
11
10
11
11
12
11
13
11
11
9
10
10
8
10
13
12
10
7
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