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Makara surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 13 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Makara surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Makara sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Makara today?
The current surf forecast for Makara at 7PM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 13). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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 kJ (?) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 44 | 85 | 111 | 98 | 124 | 182 | 299 | 341 | 284 | 281 | 263 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:55PM 1.07 | 5:28AM 1.04 | 5:56PM 1.06 | 6:37AM 1.05 | 6:56PM 1.07 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:39AM 0.53 | 11:15PM 0.50 | 11:44AM 0.54 | 12:18AM 0.49 | 12:50PM 0.53 | 1:16AM 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:41 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 8:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:49 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
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