Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.71° S 173.07° E

Rarawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rarawa Beach sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Rarawa Beach today (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 3AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (02 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the E by Sun morning).

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
11
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
NE
10
0.1
E
18
0.2
NNE
8
0.3
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
8
0.4
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.7
NNE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
7
7
14
28
29
43
61
70
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:59PM2.01m
12:36PM2.04m
00:51AM1.92m
1:33PM1.96m
Low Tide
6:18AM0.14m
6:49PM0.35m
7:11AM0.22m
7:48PM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
16
14
14
14
13
13
13
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
12
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
13
11
12
12
11
11
11
13
12
10
11
9
10
9
10
13
10
10
10
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