Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.2° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 2PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 27). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (27 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (27 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.2
E
15
1.2
NNW
6
2
NW
7
0.9
NNW
7
0.7
NNW
8
0.6
NNW
8
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.1
E
12
0.1
E
12
0.2
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
28
28
17
99
347
86
68
54
34
33
31
30
14
11
11
11
10
11
11
4
4
4
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
8:12AM1.77m
8:33PM1.85m
8:57AM1.82m
9:16PM1.86m
9:42AM1.87m
Low Tide
3:01AM0.46m
2:12PM0.48m
2:46AM0.39m
2:59PM0.45m
3:29AM0.35m
3:48PM0.43m
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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7:16
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Temp °C
13
14
15
16
17
12
10
9
8
9
12
14
15
12
11
10
10
10
13
15
16
14
10
Feels °C
10
11
12
11
11
7
4
5
4
5
7
8
9
6
7
6
7
7
8
10
11
10
7
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