Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.5° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 11AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (09 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Fri night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
N
7
0.5
NNE
7
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
NE
13
0.4
ENE
13
0.4
ENE
13
0.4
ENE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
26
21
21
22
23
21
20
20
20
47
47
47
48
46
44
44
44
44
43
64
64
64
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
20
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:47AM1.76m
5:33PM1.91m
5:50AM1.77m
6:27PM1.95m
6:48AM1.81m
7:16PM1.95m
Low Tide
10:55AM0.45m
11:37PM0.52m
11:52AM0.43m
00:34AM0.45m
12:47PM0.41m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:01
6:02
 mm
1
3
Temp °C
9
10
13
13
13
12
10
10
10
9
12
15
15
13
12
10
9
9
10
11
15
12
12
Feels °C
7
7
11
11
12
11
8
8
7
6
10
11
11
10
10
5
6
5
6
7
9
6
7
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