Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.85° S 174.69° E

Nukumaru Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nukumaru Rock sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.4° 

Nukumaru 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 Nukumaru Rock today (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nukumaru Rock at 11PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (08 Oct)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WSW
15
1.6
S
7
1.6
S
7
0.7
WSW
15
0.7
WSW
14
0.9
WSW
17
1
WSW
16
1
WSW
16
0.9
WSW
16
0.9
WSW
16
0.8
WSW
16
0.7
WSW
15
0.7
WSW
15
0.7
WSW
15
0.7
WSW
15
0.6
WSW
15
0.6
WSW
16
0.6
WSW
16
0.5
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
154
232
233
191
183
453
505
493
392
348
273
207
201
199
199
158
169
169
144
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
0
NE
5
W
5
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
9:29PM2.40m
9:54AM2.38m
10:10PM2.52m
10:32AM2.51m
Low Tide
3:54AM0.20m
4:08PM0.22m
4:29AM0.09m
4:43PM0.13m
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clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
13
13
12
12
15
19
18
16
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15
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16
Feels °C
11
12
10
10
9
9
12
16
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14
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14
14
18
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16
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