Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Issued: 12 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is

16.6°C

Pauanui 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 Pauanui Beach today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 8PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Evening (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 6					Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	79	77	66	68	64	66	115	161	160	145	98	223	198	254	171	135	92	110	92	71	72	73	71	75
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	S	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-on
High Tide				5:45PM1.80m				6:18AM1.76m				6:38PM1.78m					7:13AM1.80m				7:27PM1.78m
Low Tide		11:20AM0.59m				11:54PM0.50m				12:17PM0.57m				00:49AM0.48m					1:10PM0.55m				1:39AM0.46m


	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:03	—
	—	—	—	7:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:55	—	—	—	7:57
mm	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	1	6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	21	22	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	18	16	15	15	15	18	21	21	20	16	15	14	15
Feels °C	20	19	20	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	14	15	15	17	18	18	18	15	15	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	N 15	NNE 6	N 15	N 15	ENE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	79	77	66	68	64	66	4	128	4	4	43	170	198	197	171	135	92	94	64	68	71	73	71	75
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 10	N 10	N 6	N 15	N 15	N 10	N 10	—	N 11	N 15	N 15	N 16	N 16	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NNE 14	NNE 14	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6
kJ	23	2	2	7	19	17	2	2	—	2	17	19	20	5	56	68	64	43	40	40	42	29	19	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 10	N 10	N 18	N 15	—	N 10	N 12	NE 12	N 13	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 13	NNE 14	—	N 11	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 14
kJ	5	5	5	5	2	2	6	4	—	2	3	6	3	4	3	3	14	19	—	2	41	20	20	20
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 7	N 6	N 4	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	—	NNE 7	—	—	—	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	—	—	—
kJ	—	32	41	8	26	30	115	161	160	145	98	223	—	254	—	—	—	110	92	71	72	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Red Beach Auckland	Sailors Grave Coromandel	Onemana Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Hot Water Beach Coromandel	Sailors Grave Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Waiapu River East Cape	Whatipu Auckland	Red Beach Auckland	Whitianga Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	New Chums Coromandel	Whitianga Coromandel	Whangamata Estuary Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Kuaotunu Coromandel
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	57	113	8	14	0	16	8	0	245	121	113	28	0	0	0	0	43	28	23	0	0	0	36
Best forecast wave conditions in The Coromandel	Tairua Bar	Waikawau Bay		Whitianga	Whangamata Bar	Whangamata Bar	Whitianga	Sailors Grave	Whangamata Bar				Whitianga	Tairua Bar	Clark Island	Clark Island	Whangamata Bar	Waikawau Bay	Whitianga	Whitianga	Whangamata Bar	Clark Island	Clark Island	Kuaotunu
Rating (10 max)	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1				2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Punakaiki West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Stent Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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