Pauanui Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.02° S 175.87° E

Pauanui Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pauanui Beach sea temperature is
15.5° C
0.2° 

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 (14 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Pauanui Beach at 2AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jul)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (14 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
1
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)
0.4
E
10
0.4
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
10
0.9
N
5
0.3
ESE
10
0.9
N
5
0.3
ESE
10
0.8
N
5
0.2
E
9
0.8
N
5
0.7
N
6
0.7
N
5
0.6
N
5
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
12
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
13
0.3
E
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
31
19
34
20
43
19
33
7
37
29
28
20
25
24
21
21
21
20
19
9
20
29
25
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
WNW
10
W
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
6:10PM2.01m
6:23AM1.97m
7:09PM2.11m
7:21AM2.00m
8:01PM2.16m
8:16AM2.01m
Low Tide
00:10AM0.60m
12:33PM0.42m
1:09AM0.57m
1:27PM0.37m
2:07AM0.53m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:26
7:26
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:16
5:17
 mm
1
Temp °C
14
12
12
13
13
12
13
14
16
14
13
13
12
11
12
15
16
14
13
12
12
11
12
15
Feels °C
12
9
9
9
10
9
11
12
14
13
12
12
11
10
11
15
16
14
12
11
10
10
11
13
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