Ninety Mile Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.16° S 173.15° E

Issued: 5 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Ninety Mile Beach sea temperature is

15.2° C

Ninety Mile Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Ninety Mile Beach today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 12s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Ninety Mile Beach at 10AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	12s
Evening (28 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	1687	1446	1336	1169	923	826	784	640	574	475	475	422	414	421	788	1108	2053	1266	1247	1754	1665	1459	930
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NNW	NNW	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			8:49AM3.12m					9:06PM3.34m				9:27AM3.25m				9:41PM3.47m				10:02AM3.35m
Low Tide	2:42AM0.93m				2:59PM0.78m					3:18AM0.80m				3:35PM0.66m				3:54AM0.69m				4:09PM0.57m


	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	15	14	13
Feels °C	9	9	9	11	10	11	10	10	9	8	8	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 15	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	1687	1446	1336	1169	923	826	784	640	574	475	475	422	414	406	368	1108	2053	1266	1247	1754	1665	1459	930
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 17	SW 18	SW 18	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 11	—	SW 16	SW 16	—	—	SW 18	SW 17
kJ	13	13	13	13	12	42	41	41	42	45	49	108	211	421	788	361	—	728	728	—	—	155	181
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 20
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	64
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 3	—	—	—	—	NW 4	NW 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	—	—	29	67
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	4
Distance (km)	2	2	2	2	33	2	2	2	10	10	10	10	13	0	10	10	10	13	10	126	126	111	111
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	2	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	5	5	9	6	9	5	5	5	6	4	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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