Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
16.4°C
1.2° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 12PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (15 Oct)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (15 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 6°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Thu morning, calm by Sat night).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
1.7
N
6
1.9
N
7
1.5
N
8
1.2
N
8
1.2
NNW
7
1.2
NNW
7
1.8
NNW
7
1.2
NNW
8
1
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.9
ESE
5
1.3
SE
6
1.3
SE
6
1.1
SE
6
0.8
SE
5
0.6
SE
5
0.6
SSE
5
0.7
SE
5
1
SE
5
0.6
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
35
35
35
232
387
249
164
160
156
325
169
118
55
45
104
124
69
32
20
15
24
49
19
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
35
NNW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
30
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SE
5
ENE
5
NNW
Wind State
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
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
11:16AM1.84m
11:30PM1.75m
11:59AM1.81m
00:10AM1.72m
12:43PM1.78m
Low Tide
4:55AM0.43m
5:18PM0.55m
5:34AM0.50m
6:01PM0.60m
6:13AM0.57m
6:46PM0.66m
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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6:33
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7:32
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Temp °C
15
17
16
15
13
14
12
12
11
11
12
12
14
12
11
8
7
6
11
14
15
14
11
Feels °C
13
14
12
9
8
9
8
7
7
7
10
6
9
7
4
2
1
0
5
9
10
12
9
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