Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.3°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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 2PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (26 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (26 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.2
E
15
1.1
NW
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
0.3
ESE
12
0.2
ESE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
31
30
33
32
31
30
29
28
28
17
85
347
84
67
53
34
33
31
30
29
14
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
6:24AM1.73m
6:52PM1.83m
7:12AM1.77m
7:33PM1.85m
7:57AM1.82m
8:16PM1.86m
Low Tide
12:26PM0.52m
1:01AM0.46m
1:12PM0.48m
1:46AM0.39m
1:59PM0.45m
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light rain
light rain
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part cloud
clear
clear
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6:58
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5:56
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7:15
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1
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Temp °C
13
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
17
17
13
11
10
8
8
12
14
14
12
10
Feels °C
10
11
11
9
10
10
9
11
11
11
11
8
6
5
4
4
7
8
8
6
5
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