Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.6° 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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 1AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (12 Jul)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.8
E
9
0.8
E
9
0.7
E
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.7
ESE
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.4
ESE
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
E
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.2
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
196
157
154
113
110
85
90
90
61
60
41
41
40
38
32
30
30
29
17
20
18
20
19
7
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
0
N
0
NNW
0
NW
0
WNW
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:52PM1.86m
4:16AM1.88m
5:02PM1.92m
5:21AM1.93m
6:10PM2.01m
6:23AM1.97m
Low Tide
10:03PM0.66m
10:33AM0.53m
11:07PM0.63m
11:36AM0.49m
00:10AM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:16
 mm
2
Temp °C
11
9
9
9
9
8
10
11
12
10
9
10
10
10
11
13
14
12
13
13
12
12
13
15
Feels °C
7
6
6
6
6
5
7
8
10
8
8
9
9
9
10
10
12
9
10
10
8
9
10
13
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