Rocky Lefts Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.19° S 173.79° E

Rocky Lefts 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 07 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 (07 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Rocky Lefts at 10PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 07). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)--
Afternoon (07 Sep)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (07 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Mon afternoon, light winds from the NNE by Tue night).

Mon
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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)
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WSW
15
1.7
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.6
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.4
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
10
1.6
WSW
12
1.5
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
11
1
WSW
12
1.1
WSW
12
1.4
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
11
1.7
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1475
1114
982
955
1106
1060
414
417
341
715
605
541
429
393
280
336
486
531
638
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
High Tide
6:41PM2.72m
7:13AM2.67m
7:43PM2.93m
8:09AM2.88m
8:33PM3.14m
Low Tide
00:59AM0.60m
1:22PM0.48m
1:58AM0.38m
2:17PM0.28m
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:08
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
9
8
8
8
7
8
10
12
12
10
10
10
11
10
11
12
13
12
11
Feels °C
2
1
1
3
2
4
5
7
8
7
7
7
9
7
7
8
10
10
8
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