Rabbit Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.26° S 173.14° E

Rabbit Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rabbit Island sea temperature is
16.2°C
2.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Rabbit Island today (01 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 3s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rabbit Island at 5PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)3s
Afternoon (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (01 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

Table - waves today at Rabbit Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
8
0.6
NNW
4
1.2
NNW
6
1.2
NNW
6
1
NNW
6
0.8
NNW
5
0.9
NW
5
0.6
NW
5
1.2
NNW
5
1
N
6
1.3
N
6
1.2
N
6
1.1
N
6
0.9
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.7
N
6
0.7
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.8
N
6
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
13
81
104
65
35
38
13
80
62
106
98
86
57
45
45
33
32
44
45
47
Wind (km/h)
5
N
15
NE
15
NE
5
E
0
ESE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NE
5
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
5
NW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
Wind State
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:29PM3.62m
4:10AM3.39m
4:42PM3.44m
5:26AM3.31m
6:06PM3.40m
Low Tide
8:56AM1.16m
9:42PM1.30m
10:01AM1.32m
11:08PM1.38m
11:17AM1.43m
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light rain
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Temp °C
11
13
16
15
12
10
9
9
13
15
18
17
14
12
11
11
16
17
17
15
14
Feels °C
9
10
13
14
12
9
7
7
11
14
15
14
13
11
10
10
15
15
15
14
14
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