- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Rapahoe/Chimney Pots Surf Forecast
/ West Coast South Island (21 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Rapahoe/Chimney Pots surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Rapahoe/Chimney Pots surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rapahoe/Chimney Pots sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Rapahoe/Chimney Pots today?
The current surf forecast for Rapahoe/Chimney Pots at 1AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (25 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
| Evening (25 Mar) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Rapahoe/Chimney Pots. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 168 | 115 | 111 | 79 | 107 | 113 | 107 | 135 | 130 | 190 | 324 | 462 | 431 | 425 | 1194 | 1669 | 2165 | 3513 | 4776 | 5019 | 5266 | 4949 | 4163 | 3343 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | glass | glass | off | off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | glass | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:36PM 2.56 | 4:01AM 2.51 | 4:40PM 2.37 | 5:10AM 2.36 | 5:58PM 2.24 | 6:32AM 2.29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:49PM 0.45 | 10:23AM 0.46 | 10:53PM 0.63 | 11:36AM 0.60 | 12:10AM 0.73 | 12:58PM 0.63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:43 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | |  | | | | | |  | |  | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rapahoe/Chimney Pots surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest