Rocky Lefts Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.19° S 173.79° E

Rocky Lefts 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 17s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 12PM is: 3.5m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Sep)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun night, min 9°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Sun night, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
WSW
15
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
17
3.5
W
17
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
16
3
WSW
15
2.5
WSW
15
2.1
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
13
1.8
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
11
1.3
WSW
10
1.5
WSW
12
1.5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6568
6568
6524
6659
6813
4715
4600
4769
4802
4128
3520
2749
1752
996
874
811
915
894
1028
397
389
647
605
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
35
N
15
N
10
NE
10
NE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:30AM2.45m
5:21PM2.56m
6:00AM2.50m
6:41PM2.72m
7:13AM2.67m
7:43PM2.93m
Low Tide
10:58AM0.77m
11:46PM0.78m
12:17PM0.67m
00:59AM0.60m
1:22PM0.48m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
2
3
4
4
2
3
1
3
3
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
14
13
14
15
15
15
14
13
13
13
11
10
9
9
9
10
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
10
10
9
9
8
9
11
11
10
12
11
11
11
6
4
3
4
4
6
7
7
7
7
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