Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Pouawa Beach today (29 Oct):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 4s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 3AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Oct) | - | - |
| Evening (29 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Pouawa Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 29 | Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 17 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 5 | N 6 | N 10 | NNE 3 | SSW 7 | NE 15 | NE 15 | NE 14 | NE 14 | NE 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 8:52AM1.65m | 9:15PM1.58m | 9:44AM1.67m | 10:08PM1.57m | 10:38AM1.67m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:39AM0.03m | 3:11PM0.06m | 3:31AM0.02m | 4:05PM0.05m | 4:24AM0.02m | 5:00PM0.06m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:40 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 15 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 16 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | S 13 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | SSW 15 | NE 13 | S 12 | S 12 |
| kJ | 195 | 130 | 121 | 110 | 75 | 52 | 31 | 27 | 74 | 165 | 161 | 183 | 186 | 151 | 118 | 90 | 154 | 198 | 245 | 163 | 405 | 7 | 2143 | 1652 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NNE 5 | NE 6 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 8 | SSW 16 | S 16 | NE 5 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 18 | SSW 13 | NE 14 | SSW 12 | NE 14 | NE 13 | — | NE 13 | NE 13 |
| kJ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 52 | 50 | 90 | 78 | 13 | 84 | 131 | 1 | 159 | 148 | 136 | 56 | 58 | 8 | 78 | 7 | 7 | — | 7 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SW 4 | S 13 | SSW 13 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | S 11 | N 6 | N 10 | NNE 3 | SSW 11 | NE 15 | NE 15 | NE 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | W 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | W 3 | WSW 5 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | — | W 3 | SSW 7 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 12 | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 336 | 314 | 183 | 320 | — | 5 | 134 | 650 | 604 | 596 | 874 | 1506 | 2115 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 4 | 26 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 46 | 9 | 21 | 123 | 96 | 96 | 42 | 361 | 589 | 54 | 3 |
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