Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.3° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 9PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Fri night).

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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.9
N
5
1
N
6
1.3
N
6
1.6
N
6
2
NNE
7
2.5
N
8
2.2
NNE
9
2
NNE
8
1.9
NNE
8
1.6
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
14
14
23
22
22
22
14
43
59
124
200
382
935
698
560
477
364
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:03PM1.79m
11:30AM1.78m
11:44PM1.75m
12:16PM1.75m
Low Tide
4:45PM0.49m
5:09AM0.44m
5:28PM0.56m
5:49AM0.51m
6:15PM0.63m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:08
 mm
1
1
3
4
9
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
15
13
11
10
11
12
15
15
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
14
14
13
11
Feels °C
13
9
9
7
9
10
12
11
12
12
11
11
10
10
12
11
13
11
5
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