Rapahoe Surf Forecast

/ West Coast South Island (17 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (462 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (42.38° S 171.23° E)

Surf Forecasts

Rapahoe surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 06 Jul 2025 NZST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Rapahoe sea temperature is 13.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rapahoe today?

The current surf forecast for Rapahoe at 12PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (06 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (06 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

West Coast South Island Surf

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	Sunday 06							Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	0	1	2	4	4	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	14	11	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	10	9	10	10	9	22	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	9	8	8	8	9	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	509	393	375	240	164	106	155	177	162	152	134	80	102	158	132	121	118	88	98	113	118	118	120	90	61	61	61	97	499	706	830	762	53	159	161	389	587	656	767	1089	1023	1155	1151	1128	905	1102	661	636	1310	1192	1159	1141	2970	5508	3675	3866	6129	7934	6942	4963
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	N	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NE	ENE	E	E	E	E	N	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	N	N	NE	ENE	E	SSE	S	SE	ESE	ENE	E	ESE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:09AM 2.14				7:38PM 2.19				8:04AM 2.19				8:29PM 2.27				8:55AM 2.28					9:16PM 2.36				9:41AM 2.37				10:00PM 2.46				10:24AM 2.46				10:41PM 2.56				11:05AM 2.53				11:22PM 2.64				11:45AM 2.58					12:01AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:56AM 0.81				1:22PM 0.78				1:51AM 0.76				2:15PM 0.74				2:43AM 0.68					3:04PM 0.67				3:30AM 0.59				3:49PM 0.58				4:14AM 0.48				4:32PM 0.49				4:56AM 0.38				5:12PM 0.41				5:36AM 0.30				5:52PM 0.34					6:17AM 0.23

	Sunday 06							Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6	10	12	2	2	-	1	6	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	10	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	10	11	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	11	11	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	11	10	10	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	12
Feels °C (?)	7	6	7	8	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	6	5	8	9	8	6	4	5	5	6	5	6	7	9	8	10	8	9	11	11	12	10	9	8	7	8	10	10	7	6	8	8	7	6	10	11	5	8	9	9	8	6	10

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