Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.2° C
0.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 8AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ESE
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
8
0.1
NE
14
0.1
NE
14
0.1
E
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
80
79
52
51
51
42
50
52
50
31
29
28
33
20
19
8
8
6
8
8
8
8
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
00:21AM1.81m
12:52PM1.74m
1:04AM1.76m
1:42PM1.71m
1:48AM1.70m
2:35PM1.69m
Low Tide
6:29AM0.49m
6:48PM0.62m
7:14AM0.56m
7:41PM0.69m
8:01AM0.63m
8:38PM0.74m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:45
5:45
5:46
 mm
Temp °C
8
8
10
13
14
12
11
10
10
10
12
14
14
12
10
10
10
11
13
15
15
13
10
Feels °C
4
4
6
10
10
8
8
8
8
8
10
11
11
9
8
8
8
9
10
11
11
10
6
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Pauanui Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest