Hot Water Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.88° S 175.82° E

Hot Water Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 14 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot Water Beach sea temperature is
15.2° C
0.4° 

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 (15 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot Water Beach at 12AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (15 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (15 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun night).

Fri
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
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
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1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
7
1.4
E
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
8
1.9
E
8
1.5
E
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.1
ENE
8
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
114
173
161
158
196
432
309
341
300
268
227
212
176
144
119
109
112
115
94
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
20
SE
20
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:57PM1.99m
8:20AM1.85m
8:46PM1.98m
9:10AM1.84m
Low Tide
2:17AM0.07m
2:33PM0.05m
3:06AM0.06m
3:22PM0.09m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
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light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:00
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:43
 mm
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
2
4
1
Temp °C
15
14
14
14
13
13
13
15
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
15
14
11
9
Feels °C
11
11
12
13
10
10
11
13
14
13
11
11
11
11
11
13
13
7
3
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