Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.2° C
0.4° 

Pauanui 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 Pauanui Beach today (15 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 10PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)--
Afternoon (15 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (15 Aug)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 4°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun night).

Sat
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.5
E
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.3
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1
E
9
0.9
ENE
8
1.4
SE
6
1.7
SE
6
1.6
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.7
ESE
8
1.4
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
452
402
384
324
284
239
173
169
165
150
112
123
202
169
143
356
157
133
104
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:16PM2.02m
9:39AM1.91m
10:04PM1.95m
10:27AM1.89m
Low Tide
2:52PM0.37m
3:29AM0.37m
3:42PM0.39m
4:15AM0.36m
4:30PM0.42m
rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:43
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
13
13
13
12
13
13
12
11
9
9
9
9
9
10
11
11
7
Feels °C
14
13
11
11
11
10
11
12
10
5
2
1
1
1
2
3
5
6
3
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