Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Smoothwater Bay today (07 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Smoothwater Bay at 10PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (07 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (07 Sep) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 13s |
| Evening (07 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Smoothwater Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 11°C on Tue morning, min 6°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1426 | 1245 | 1044 | 880 | 688 | 579 | 469 | 399 | 289 | 476 | 793 | 887 | 904 | 869 | 773 | 773 | 680 | 995 | 968 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | glassy | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross-on |
High Tide | 8:12PM1.80m | 8:46AM1.82m | 9:14PM1.93m | 9:42AM1.92m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:56PM0.61m | 2:32AM0.49m | 3:01PM0.49m | 3:29AM0.36m | 3:54PM0.36m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:27 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Temp °C | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Feels °C | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 1426 | 1245 | 1044 | 880 | 688 | 579 | 469 | 399 | 289 | 476 | 793 | 887 | 904 | 869 | 773 | 773 | 680 | 995 | 968 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | NNE 9 | NNE 8 | NNE 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 9 | N 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 8 | SW 20 | SW 19 | WSW 19 | SW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 61 | 57 | 42 | 27 | 45 | 36 | 30 | 57 | 64 | 76 | 58 | 55 | 388 | 546 | 470 | 465 | 553 | 547 | 632 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NW 9 | NW 9 | NW 8 | NW 8 | WNW 10 | W 10 | N 9 | NNW 8 | SW 21 | SW 21 | WSW 21 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | SW 24 |
| kJ | 69 | 59 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 49 | 39 | 26 | 216 | 218 | 286 | 39 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 90 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 151 | 151 |
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