Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
16.9°C
0.9° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 6AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (29 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the N by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
NNW
6
0.5
N
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.8
NNW
6
0.1
N
12
1.1
NNW
6
1.4
NW
6
1.3
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
7
0.6
NNW
7
0.4
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
6
0.2
NNW
6
0.3
NW
5
0.1
NE
15
0.1
NE
15
0.1
NE
10
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.3
N
8
0.2
N
7
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
45
19
33
49
3
85
144
141
66
35
13
7
4
4
4
8
8
4
12
11
10
4
7
7
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
ESE
15
NE
10
N
5
W
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
High Tide
10:12AM2.00m
10:37PM1.95m
11:03AM2.00m
11:28PM1.96m
11:59AM1.97m
Low Tide
3:51AM0.39m
4:20PM0.47m
4:41AM0.38m
5:10PM0.48m
5:32AM0.38m
6:03PM0.52m
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Temp °C
13
13
13
16
19
19
16
15
13
12
12
15
18
17
15
13
13
12
13
14
16
15
14
12
Feels °C
9
9
10
11
14
14
11
11
9
6
6
10
12
11
9
7
7
6
8
8
12
11
11
10
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