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Motunau Beach Surf Forecast
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Motunau Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Motunau Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Motunau Beach at 8AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (21 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (21 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Motunau Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 121 | 152 | 167 | 157 | 153 | 121 | 112 | 105 | 103 | 65 | 71 | 86 | 69 | 91 | 52 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | glass | glass | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:26AM 1.73 | 2:57PM 1.89 | 3:18AM 1.74 | 3:47PM 1.88 | 4:08AM 1.73 | 4:35PM 1.85 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:37AM 0.12 | 9:15PM 0.19 | 9:30AM 0.12 | 10:06PM 0.18 | 10:20AM 0.13 | 10:55PM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sun 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:51 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury
Continuing clean conditions at Motunau Beach (light winds from the WSW at Christchurch International Airport 62 km from Motunau Beach). 1.8m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 7s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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