Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.1° 

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 (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 1AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (03 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
13
0.1
NE
13
0.1
NE
13
0.2
NNE
10
0.2
NNE
9
0.2
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
0.3
NNE
9
1.3
E
5
1.4
E
6
1.7
E
7
1.9
E
7
1.8
E
7
1.8
E
7
1.8
E
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
4
6
7
7
9
8
8
16
15
86
134
255
368
321
311
311
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SW
30
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
20
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
E
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:34AM1.85m
1:04PM1.85m
1:24AM1.84m
2:05PM1.82m
Low Tide
6:15PM0.47m
6:39AM0.40m
7:10PM0.53m
7:33AM0.43m
8:11PM0.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
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6:48
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7:20
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7:21
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7:22
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1
9
5
3
2
1
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Temp °C
16
13
11
10
11
11
14
17
17
15
13
12
11
10
10
11
12
12
12
Feels °C
12
10
8
7
8
8
11
14
14
13
12
7
6
3
4
7
7
6
6
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