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Rapahoe surfForecast / West Coast South Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 05 May 2025 NZST
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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
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rapahoe today?

The current surf forecast for Rapahoe at 4AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 May)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (06 May)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

Hourly12 Days
West Coast South Island Surf
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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
2
2
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
2
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3.5
WNW
3
W
2.5
W
3.5
WNW
2
W
2
W
2.1
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.4
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.4
WSW
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131414141413131316161916161615151515151515161616161515141416161616151515141414141414141415151414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4184054054116137147046556004984025291160204316722028216421682437261230582246228927755393474831036661180417331855367638333353326929872720214683615251504146315537431756183218841910173917151554138212401048912743722608608515
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
W
5
WSW
5
ENE
5
E
0
SSE
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
25
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
30
N
40
NNW
20
NW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
0
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
0
SSE
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		glassglassglassglassoncrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03AM
2.26
6:43PM
2.18
7:04AM
2.28
7:36PM
2.24
7:54AM
2.33
8:21PM
2.32
8:37AM
2.39
9:00PM
2.41
9:15AM
2.46
9:36PM
2.48
9:52AM
2.51
10:10PM
2.54
10:28AM
2.55
10:45PM
2.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44PM
0.77
12:23PM
0.67
12:47AM
0.74
1:20PM
0.62
1:41AM
0.67
2:08PM
0.56
2:27AM
0.59
2:49PM
0.49
3:07AM
0.51
3:26PM
0.43
3:44AM
0.44
4:02PM
0.40
4:20AM
0.39
4:37PM
0.39
4:56AM
0.37
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise----7:28-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-------7:33-------7:33-------7:35-------
Sunset------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30-------5:29-------5:27-------5:25-----
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Rain (mm)
------1--------------1112719822-----------121-------------12-
Temp. °C141312121314151414151414141514141414141414161616161715131314141312121111111213121213131414141413121111111212121213131212
Feels °C (?)131110101113141313131213121412131212111111121212111112108910910119910121111111010111010111111101091010101111111111
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