Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.71° S 173.07° E

Rarawa Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rarawa Beach sea temperature is
17.0°C
0.1° 

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 (06 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 10PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)--
Afternoon (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
1
N
5
0.9
N
6
0.8
N
6
0.7
NE
6
0.8
NNE
6
1.1
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
1.1
NNE
7
1
NNE
7
0.9
NNE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.3
N
15
0.6
ENE
7
0.4
NNE
14
0.4
NNE
13
0.4
NNE
13
0.4
NNE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
64
61
56
58
58
50
45
42
42
117
127
127
102
83
70
41
38
35
68
60
59
59
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
6:25PM1.94m
7:01AM1.90m
7:13PM1.95m
7:48AM1.96m
7:57PM1.95m
Low Tide
00:47AM0.25m
1:08PM0.38m
1:32AM0.21m
1:55PM0.36m
2:14AM0.18m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
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Temp °C
20
20
19
19
18
17
18
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
17
18
18
18
18
18
17
18
Feels °C
19
20
19
18
18
16
17
17
15
16
16
15
16
16
17
18
18
17
17
17
17
18
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