Mukerau Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.18° S 173.13° E

Mukerau Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Mukerau Beach sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.2° 

Mukerau 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 Mukerau Beach today (16 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Mukerau Beach at 11PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.6
SW
16
1.8
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
2
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.5
SW
13
4.5
SW
12
5.5
SW
11
5.5
SW
11
5.5
SW
11
6
SW
11
6
SW
11
5.5
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
683
545
545
537
529
581
1164
1455
1606
1594
1641
2310
5478
6977
7354
7936
8528
8274
6806
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
10
WSW
15
NW
20
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:26PM3.25m
00:42AM3.09m
1:05PM3.06m
1:26AM2.88m
1:53PM2.87m
Low Tide
6:44PM0.85m
7:02AM0.82m
7:28PM1.06m
7:45AM1.04m
8:20PM1.25m
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6:24
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:19
6:19
6:20
 mm
1
1
1
4
1
12
9
4
6
2
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
13
13
13
13
15
16
16
14
13
12
11
11
11
12
12
13
13
Feels °C
12
12
11
9
10
9
10
11
12
11
12
10
8
4
3
4
4
5
7
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