Pouawa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.64° S 178.16° E

Pouawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 26 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pouawa Beach sea temperature is
15.8°C
0.7° 

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 (26 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pouawa Beach at 10AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s 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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (26 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (26 Oct)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
11
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.4
S
15
0.2
NNE
4
0.1
SE
11
0.1
SE
11
0.1
SE
11
0.1
E
13
0.2
NNE
8
0.5
NE
5
0.8
S
4
0.8
S
5
0.2
NNE
5
0.2
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.8
NE
4
0.1
SE
14
0.6
NE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
10
10
6
6
6
0
1
5
5
5
4
6
13
21
27
3
5
8
29
21
7
14
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
5
ESE
10
NE
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
30
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
ENE
5
NNE
20
ENE
25
NE
15
N
20
WNW
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:21AM1.45m
6:41PM1.49m
7:11AM1.53m
7:31PM1.53m
8:01AM1.60m
8:23PM1.57m
Low Tide
12:33PM0.19m
00:58AM0.11m
1:25PM0.14m
1:48AM0.06m
2:18PM0.09m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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6:07
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7:35
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7:37
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2
2
1
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Temp °C
13
12
17
19
20
18
17
16
16
16
17
20
18
14
12
12
12
12
13
15
17
17
16
Feels °C
10
8
12
17
17
12
12
11
11
10
12
16
15
9
8
9
11
12
12
11
12
14
11
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