Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
14.6°C
0.5° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 8AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
0.1
NE
9
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
E
18
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
13
0.1
NE
13
0.1
NE
13
0.1
NE
13
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
6
4
6
7
7
7
8
11
11
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
High Tide
10:18PM1.86m
10:50AM1.88m
11:06PM1.83m
11:40AM1.86m
11:58PM1.78m
12:34PM1.82m
Low Tide
4:39AM0.07m
5:05PM0.19m
5:27AM0.09m
5:56PM0.22m
6:19AM0.13m
6:52PM0.27m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
6:54
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:52
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:50
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:19
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:20
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:21
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
Temp °C
13
12
13
15
17
17
16
11
10
9
9
11
15
17
13
10
11
11
12
14
18
18
15
12
Feels °C
11
10
10
13
15
14
13
8
8
7
7
8
12
13
9
7
7
8
8
11
16
15
13
8
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Hot Water Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest