Rapahoe Surf Forecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand
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Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast South Island
Continuing clean conditions at Rapahoe (calm at Hokitika Aero (aut) 41 km from Rapahoe). 0.8m 12 s period swell from WSW
41 km away, 55 min ago
How big are the waves at Rapahoe today?
The current surf forecast for Rapahoe at 3AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Feb) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (27 Feb) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 13s |
| Evening (27 Feb) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Rapahoe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Rating (10 max) |
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Swell Height Map |
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Wind (km/h) |
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
| Summary |
Rain (mm) |
| Temp. °C |
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Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 PM |
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WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | NW | NW | WSW | NW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW |
| 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| 142 | 104 | 100 | 98 | 74 | 137 | 123 | 170 | 243 | 232 | 215 | 235 | 211 | 150 | 205 | 336 | 450 | 544 | 528 | 679 | 665 | 651 | 609 |
SE | E | E | ENE | NNE | NW | NNW | NW | ENE | ESE | E | ENE | E | WNW | NNW | N | E | E | ESE | E | ENE | WNW | NNW |
| glass | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on |
11:32PM 2.73 | 11:48AM 2.89 | 12:13AM 2.86 | 12:29PM 3.01 | 12:54AM 2.93 | 1:11PM 3.07 | |||||||||||||||||
5:38AM 0.18 | 6:02PM 0.01 | 6:19AM 0.06 | 6:44PM -0.09 | 7:00AM -0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Nine Mile which is 5 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Rapahoe.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 01 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 PM |
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| some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy |
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| 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| - | - | - | - | 7:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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