Rimmers Road Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.84° S 174.43° E

Rimmers Road 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rimmers Road sea temperature is
13.9° C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Rimmers Road today (15 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 17s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rimmers Road at 9PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)--
Afternoon (15 Aug)8ft (2.5m)17s
Evening (15 Aug)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 7°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
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
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
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1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
WSW
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
16
2.5
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
4
SW
16
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
3.5
SW
15
2
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3817
3924
3827
3374
3460
8533
8671
3639
3971
6810
7757
7683
6818
6789
6296
5990
5870
5050
1761
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:25PM3.03m
11:47AM2.83m
00:04AM2.89m
12:27PM2.71m
Low Tide
5:43AM0.00m
5:58PM0.11m
6:23AM0.13m
6:39PM0.27m
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:47
5:47
5:49
 mm
2
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
10
8
7
7
8
9
10
10
10
10
Feels °C
11
10
9
8
8
7
9
10
10
5
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
3
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