Makorori North Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.65° S 178.13° E

Makorori North 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Makorori North sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.5° 

Makorori North surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Makorori North today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Makorori North at 12PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (06 Sep)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

Table - waves today at Makorori North. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
10
0.5
SSW
10
0.3
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
17
0.3
SSW
17
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SSW
11
0.2
S
16
0.6
NNE
6
1
S
8
1.6
S
8
1.6
S
9
1.9
S
8
1.5
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
2
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
147
126
86
55
62
97
90
55
55
26
24
22
21
20
140
364
377
505
306
207
192
149
381
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
5
WNW
15
W
25
W
35
W
40
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:23AM1.46m
12:56PM1.52m
1:22AM1.45m
1:57PM1.53m
2:23AM1.44m
2:57PM1.54m
Low Tide
6:41AM0.14m
7:15PM0.19m
7:38AM0.14m
8:15PM0.18m
8:37AM0.14m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:20
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:49
5:50
5:51
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
10
10
13
17
16
14
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
12
11
11
10
10
10
12
11
11
11
Feels °C
5
5
8
13
11
10
11
12
13
14
13
14
16
9
6
4
2
3
3
5
4
4
5
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