Pouawa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.64° S 178.16° E

Pouawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pouawa Beach sea temperature is
14.4°C
0.1° 

Pouawa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Afternoon (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat night, light winds from the ESE by Sun night).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
13
1
S
17
0.1
NE
14
0.1
NE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
14
0.1
NE
14
0.1
E
16
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
12
0.1
E
13
0.2
ENE
13
0.2
ENE
13
0.2
ENE
13
0.2
ENE
13
0.6
NE
3
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
ENE
4
0.5
NE
4
0.2
ENE
12
0.6
ENE
3
0.8
NE
4
0.9
NE
4
1.1
NE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
0
8
9
21
21
8
6
5
5
5
17
17
17
18
6
7
7
8
14
7
17
29
65
Wind (km/h)
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:13AM1.50m
12:44PM1.57m
1:11AM1.46m
1:43PM1.55m
2:11AM1.44m
2:43PM1.53m
Low Tide
6:30AM0.11m
7:06PM0.14m
7:26AM0.13m
8:04PM0.16m
8:24AM0.15m
9:03PM0.17m
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:39
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6:37
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6:35
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7:13
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7:14
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7:15
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 mm
1
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1
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1
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—
—
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Temp °C
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
12
12
12
11
10
9
8
8
10
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
4
4
4
4
5
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
7
7
7
7
7
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