Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.71° S 173.07° E

Rarawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rarawa Beach sea temperature is
16.4°C
0.3° 

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 (04 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 2AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (04 Nov)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NE
7
1.4
NE
7
1.6
NE
7
1.1
NNE
8
1.8
NE
8
1.8
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.6
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.4
NE
8
1.3
NE
8
1.3
NE
8
1.2
NE
8
1.2
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
1.1
NE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
205
193
268
171
359
378
329
329
299
299
247
241
216
196
173
173
153
149
131
151
155
140
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:28PM1.94m
4:00AM1.74m
4:32PM1.92m
5:08AM1.77m
5:32PM1.92m
6:08AM1.83m
Low Tide
9:54PM0.41m
10:11AM0.40m
10:58PM0.37m
11:16AM0.41m
11:56PM0.31m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:24
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:22
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:22
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
7:58
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:59
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
8:00
—
—
—
8:00
 mm
—
—
—
1
4
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
Temp °C
18
17
16
16
17
17
17
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
19
20
20
19
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
16
16
14
13
15
16
17
19
20
19
19
19
18
18
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
19
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 Rarawa Beach 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 locationNearest