Purakaunui Bay surf break

Purakaunui Bay surfForecast / Catlins / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 05 Jul 2025 NZST
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Purakaunui Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Purakaunui Bay sea temperature is
11.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Purakaunui Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Purakaunui Bay at 2AM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (06 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (06 Jul)6ft (1.8m)13s

Table - waves today at Purakaunui Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
2.3
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
E
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414131313131313131313131313131313131312121212127888888888191918181716161610910109181891616678899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)14661316127012121177127214001291112495688488190610561134123311341197118410349628928598754424048331063118011521329122011361126107510381318144914961696165817071723165711681079106510771147130010529981032103183211601687280438354819
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
SW
5
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SE
5
E
10
E
10
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
S
40
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
1.57
11:28AM
1.63
11:47PM
1.59
12:15PM
1.68
12:32AM
1.63
12:59PM
1.74
1:14AM
1.68
1:41PM
1.80
1:55AM
1.72
2:21PM
1.85
2:35AM
1.75
3:01PM
1.88
3:14AM
1.78
3:41PM
1.90
3:54AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.49
5:29PM
0.53
5:47AM
0.47
6:17PM
0.51
6:32AM
0.44
7:02PM
0.47
7:16AM
0.39
7:46PM
0.43
7:59AM
0.34
8:29PM
0.39
8:42AM
0.29
9:11PM
0.36
9:24AM
0.25
9:54PM
0.33
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Sunrise----8:25-------8:23-------8:23-------8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------8:22-------
Sunset------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08-------5:09-------5:10-------5:12-----
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Rain (mm)
------------------------------------------1----------1148673
Temp. °C777689101010998910109987777876677789877766910910109881011910999910999999
Feels °C (?)444246888776677653211010-2-2-1-2-102212221566888669108865435433213
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