Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 24 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.3° 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 (24 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 12PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (24 Jul)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (24 Jul)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.4
E
6
0.5
E
7
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
1.6
NNW
6
2.1
NNW
7
0.8
E
11
1.8
NW
7
1.9
NNW
8
1.3
NNW
8
1.2
NW
8
0.7
E
11
0.7
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
14
0.6
E
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
13
13
27
57
60
188
419
149
330
393
187
191
118
121
87
86
86
85
85
82
97
126
Wind (km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:31AM1.76m
3:14PM1.71m
3:20AM1.71m
4:11PM1.71m
4:13AM1.68m
5:09PM1.73m
Low Tide
8:47AM0.60m
9:15PM0.72m
9:41AM0.63m
10:11PM0.75m
10:36AM0.64m
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light rain
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light rain
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:20
7:20
7:20
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5:23
5:24
5:24
 mm
1
2
2
1
3
Temp °C
11
10
11
14
15
14
13
13
13
10
10
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
10
11
8
9
8
Feels °C
10
8
8
10
10
9
8
10
9
4
4
3
3
2
3
5
5
6
8
9
5
6
4
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