Sponge bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.70° S 178.06° E

Sponge bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Sponge bay sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.6° 

Sponge 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 Sponge bay today (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Sponge bay at 9PM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (10 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (10 Oct)1ft (0.3m)19s

Table - waves today at Sponge bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
ESE
6
1
ESE
7
1
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.3
SSE
19
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.8
ESE
7
0.7
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.6
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.4
SE
5
0.4
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
78
83
80
62
69
61
59
89
82
63
62
44
43
30
28
19
8
8
8
7
7
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
5
NE
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
E
10
NNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
glassy
off
High Tide
6:40PM1.98m
7:05AM1.95m
7:20PM1.97m
7:47AM1.96m
7:58PM1.94m
Low Tide
12:26PM0.48m
00:53AM0.45m
1:10PM0.46m
1:34AM0.43m
1:53PM0.47m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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6:26
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7:21
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Temp °C
14
15
16
15
14
14
13
14
15
21
19
20
17
15
13
14
15
16
15
15
13
Feels °C
14
13
14
14
14
13
11
12
13
19
18
17
15
13
11
12
14
15
13
15
12
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