Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
14.8°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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 3AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
N
12
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
0.9
SE
4
1
SE
5
1.3
ESE
5
1.4
ESE
6
1.4
ESE
6
1
ESE
6
0.9
E
6
0.8
E
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
6
7
7
9
8
8
16
26
41
80
128
126
69
50
41
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SSE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
11:44PM1.85m
12:07PM1.87m
00:34AM1.85m
1:04PM1.85m
1:24AM1.84m
2:05PM1.82m
Low Tide
5:48AM0.37m
6:15PM0.47m
6:39AM0.40m
7:10PM0.53m
7:33AM0.43m
8:11PM0.57m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
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light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:48
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7:21
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3
4
1
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Temp °C
9
9
8
11
15
18
13
10
10
11
10
14
16
15
15
13
12
10
10
10
12
13
12
11
Feels °C
7
7
6
9
13
14
9
7
7
8
7
11
12
12
13
10
7
4
4
4
6
8
9
8
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