Rocky Lefts Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.19° S 173.79° E

Rocky Lefts 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rocky Lefts sea temperature is
14.2°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Rocky Lefts today (05 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 14s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 11PM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (05 Sep)13ft (4.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Rocky Lefts. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun night, min 10°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
15
4
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
W
17
3.5
W
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
2.5
WSW
15
2.4
WSW
15
2
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5956
5644
6140
6144
6568
6568
6972
7135
7138
4715
4320
4486
4327
3865
2837
2427
1600
1114
874
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
40
N
15
N
20
NNW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
High Tide
4:30AM2.45m
5:21PM2.56m
6:00AM2.50m
6:41PM2.72m
Low Tide
10:22PM0.84m
10:58AM0.77m
11:46PM0.78m
12:17PM0.67m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:07
 mm
1
1
2
3
3
2
4
2
3
Temp °C
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
12
11
Feels °C
9
8
8
9
11
10
8
8
8
8
10
9
9
12
11
13
13
10
8
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