Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.87° S 174.44° E

Mussel Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Mussel Rock sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Mussel Rock today (25 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Mussel Rock at 10PM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)--
Afternoon (25 Oct)6ft (1.8m)17s
Evening (25 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Mussel Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the NNW by Tue morning).

Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
WSW
17
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
15
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
14
1
WSW
13
0.9
WSW
13
1.8
WNW
7
2.3
WNW
8
3
W
13
3
W
13
2.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1932
2162
2002
1977
1928
1856
1762
1297
1072
947
774
508
373
309
299
576
2817
2530
2044
Wind (km/h)
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:45PM2.86m
10:10AM2.91m
10:25PM2.94m
10:50AM2.99m
Low Tide
3:58AM0.01m
4:18PM0.09m
4:38AM-0.05m
5:01PM0.04m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
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Temp °C
16
15
14
13
13
13
15
16
17
16
16
15
13
15
16
17
17
14
13
Feels °C
13
13
13
12
12
11
12
12
14
13
12
11
9
11
12
12
13
10
9
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