Rarawa Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.71° S 173.07° E

Rarawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rarawa Beach sea temperature is
16.2° C
0.2° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 2AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (10 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu night, light winds from the S by Sat afternoon).

Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
1
ESE
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.4
E
9
0.6
E
5
0.6
E
5
0.3
E
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
51
60
64
70
48
50
48
47
47
49
71
47
46
47
47
47
214
31
37
29
28
18
16
15
Wind (km/h)
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
Wind State
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:47AM1.87m
3:37PM1.81m
3:48AM1.87m
4:40PM1.89m
4:52AM1.90m
5:43PM1.98m
Low Tide
8:39PM0.51m
9:17AM0.30m
9:43PM0.51m
10:17AM0.25m
10:49PM0.47m
11:18AM0.19m
clear
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clear
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
light rain
rain showers
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:33
7:33
7:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
5:32
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
13
13
12
12
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
11
12
14
14
Feels °C
6
5
6
6
7
6
6
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
10
10
9
9
8
7
7
9
10
11
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