Pouawa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.64° S 178.16° E

Pouawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pouawa Beach sea temperature is
15.4°C
0.3° 

Pouawa 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 Pouawa Beach today (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 14s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 3PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 24). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s 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 cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (24 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (24 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.3
ENE
2
0.5
NE
3
0.4
NE
3
0.4
SSW
15
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
11
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
12
0.2
SSE
12
0.2
SSE
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
14
14
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
1
4
2
0
11
10
10
6
6
14
7
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
W
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
5
N
15
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
off
off
off
High Tide
5:01PM1.39m
5:31AM1.37m
5:50PM1.44m
6:21AM1.45m
6:41PM1.49m
Low Tide
10:48AM0.29m
11:19PM0.22m
11:40AM0.24m
00:08AM0.17m
12:33PM0.19m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
25
26
20
15
14
13
13
17
18
17
16
16
15
14
13
18
22
23
18
16
Feels °C
16
21
21
15
11
11
10
10
16
15
14
14
14
13
11
9
13
20
20
12
11
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