Robin Hood Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.38° S 174.07° E

Robin Hood Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Robin Hood Bay sea temperature is
12.9°C
1.0° 

Robin Hood Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Robin Hood Bay today (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Robin Hood Bay at 3AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 22). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (23 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (23 Sep)1ft (0.3m)15s

Table - waves today at Robin Hood Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 12°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
7
0.8
SSE
7
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
SSE
16
0.4
SSE
16
0.4
SE
11
0.4
SSE
15
0.2
ESE
11
0.3
SSE
15
1.4
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
1
S
9
0.9
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
112
71
28
50
81
31
73
12
42
203
196
187
184
197
166
154
120
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
20
S
10
SSW
5
SW
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:08AM1.45m
3:34PM1.52m
3:56AM1.47m
4:19PM1.54m
Low Tide
9:01PM0.54m
9:09AM0.52m
9:46PM0.50m
10:00AM0.48m
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:20
6:21
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
7
6
6
5
6
9
8
7
6
5
4
4
7
11
12
10
8
Feels °C
3
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
0
0
4
8
8
6
5
  • 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 Robin Hood Bay 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